Common name of Thunnus atlanticus
 
Common name Thon à nageoires noires
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Martinique
Locality
Ref. Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter, 1994
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'à nageoires noires', i.e., with black fins; 'nageoire', i.e., fins, from Latin 'navigare', i.e., to navigate, to row (p. 486 in Ref. 9404); 'jaune' from Latin 'galbinus', i.e., yellow fever (p. 401 in Ref. 9404); 'noire' from Latin 'niger', black, dark (p. 495 in Ref. 9404).
 
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