Common name of Salvelinus fontinalis
 
Common name Whitefin
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Tomelleri, J.R. and M.E. Eberle, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core color pattern(s)
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Whitefin', i.e.with white colored fins; 'white' from prehistoric German 'kwitaz' from Sanskrit 'sveta-', i.e., white, from Indo-European 'kwitnos, kwidnos' (p. 573 in Ref. 11979); 'fin' possibly from Latin 'pinna', i.e., feather, wing, or 'spina', i.e., thorn or spike (p. 227-228 in Ref. 11979).
 
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