Common name | Loche saumonée |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | New Caledonia |
Locality | Goro Zone; Island of Pins |
Ref. | Leblic, I. and M.-H. Teulières, 1987 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | color pattern(s) |
1st modifier | other fish |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'loche', from Gallic 'leuka', i.e., whiteness (p. 427 in Ref. 9404); 'saumonée' from 'saumon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979). |