| Common name | Ratfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | British Columbia |
| Ref. | Hart, J.L., 1973 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
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| Remarks | 'Ratfish', i.e., ressembling a rat; 'rat', i.e., rodent, from Vulgar Latin 'rattus' of unknown origin; 'fish', from Germanic 'fiskaz' from the same source as Latin 'piscis', from Indo-European 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 4925, 33291. |