Common name | Pacific snake prickleback |
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 |
Core | morphology |
1st modifier | non-fish animal |
2nd modifier | locality/area |
Remarks | 'Pacific' may be dropped and the species may be called Snake prickleback. 'snake' like 'serpent' and 'snail' is etymologically the 'crawling' animal, from a prehistoric German base denoting 'crawl' (p. 485 in Ref. 11979). |