Common name of Somniosus pacificus
 
Common name Pacific sleeper shark
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality British Columbia
Ref. Coad, B.W. and J.D. Reist, 2018
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier behavior
2nd modifier locality/area
Remarks Currently used, replaced 'Sleeper shark' used in Ref. 10161. 'Pacific', i.e., of the Pacific Ocean; 'sleeper', i.e., to rest in a state of sleep (p. 1108 in Ref. 11978); 'shark', of obscure origins but appears to have been introduced by members of the Sir John Hawkins' expedition ( a ballad of 1569 recorded 'There is no proper name for [the fish] that I know, but that certain men of Captain Hawkins's doth call it a shark'), ressembles Austrian dialect 'schirk', i.e., sturgeon (p. 471 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 4925, 6885.
 
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