Common name of Salvelinus malma
 
Common name Redspotted Rocky Mountain trout
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality British Columbia
Ref. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Redspotted', i.e., with red spots; 'red' from prehistoric Germanic 'rauthaz' (German 'rot', Dutch 'rood', Swedish 'röd', Danish 'rød') from Latin 'ruber, rubeus, russus, rufus' from Greek 'eruthrós', i.e., red, from Indo-European base 'reudh-' (p. 435 in Ref. 11979); 'spots' borrowed from Low German 'spot' or Middle Dutch 'spotte' from prehistoric Germanic 'sput-' (Norwegian 'spott', i.e., speck/spot) and maybe connected to Old English 'splott', i.e., spot (p. 495 in Ref. 11979); Rocky Mountain refers to a geographic area in North America; 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978).
 
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