Common name | Poisson docteur à queue blanche |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | French Polynesia |
Locality | |
Ref. | Bagnis, R., P. Mazellier, J. Bennett and E. Christian, 1984 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'queue', i.e., tail, from Latin slang 'coda', Classical Latin 'cauda' (p. 622 in Ref. 9404); 'blanche', i.e., white, from Francique 'blank' (German 'blank'), i.e., shiny (p. 91 in Ref. 9404). |