Common name of Arripis truttacea
 
Common name Western Australian salmon
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Australia
Locality
Ref. Paulin, C., 1993
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Salmon' replaced Old English 'laex' (German 'lachs'; Swedish 'lax', source of English 'gravlax'; Yiddish 'laks', source of English 'lox', i.e., smoked salmon; Russian 'losos') borrowed from Anglo-Norman 'saumoun' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979)
 
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