Common name of Chaetodon flavirostris
 
Common name Black butterflyfish
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Micronesia
Locality
Ref. Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core non-fish animal
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'butterfly', from the insect which was named after the once held notion that the insect landed on and consumed butter or milk left uncovered in kitchen or dairy (supported by the German name 'milchdieb', i.e., milk-thief) (p. 89, Ref. 11979); 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979).
 
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