| Common name | Common white sucker |
| 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 | morphology |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | mod. for abundance |
| Remarks | 'sucker', 'sucker', i.e., an organ in various animals for adhering or holding, a mouth adapted for sucking (Ref. 27888), from 'suck' of Indo-European base '*seug-, *seuk-', i.e., an imitation of the sound of sucking from the mother's breast (p. 509, Ref. 19979); 'white', from Indo-European '*kwitnos' or '*kwidnos', formed from same base as Sanskrit 'sveta', i.e., white and Russian 'svet', i.e., light (p. 573, Ref. 11979). |