Common name | Pastenague à taches noires |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Maldives |
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Ref. | Nouguier, J. and D. Refait, 1990 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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Remarks | 'à taches noires', i.e., black spotted; 'taches' from Old Francique 'teche, têkan' (i.e., mark) of the same origin as in Gothic 'taikns' (German 'Zeichen', i.e., sign) (p. 729 in Ref. 9404); 'noire' from Latin 'niger', black, dark (p. 495 in Ref. 9404). |