| Common name | Threadfin rockling |
| Language | English |
| Type | AFS old |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
| Country | United States (contiguous states) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | mod. for size |
| 2nd modifier | morphology |
| Remarks | 'rock', from Old French 'roque', i.e., stone (p. 447, Ref. 11979); '-ling', i.e., one connected with or having the quality of, also young, small, inferior (p. 695, Ref. 11978). |