Common name of Muraenolepis orangiensis
 
Common name Patagonian moray cod
Language English
Type FAO
Official trade name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country Global
Locality
Ref. FAO-FIES, 2022
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier other fish
2nd modifier locality/area
Remarks 'moray' from Latin 'muraena' and Greek 'myraina', i.e., a fish of which the ancients were very fond; 'cod', from Old English 'cod', i.e., pouch or with a baglike appearance (p. 122, Ref. 11979); 'Patagonian', i.e. of the Patagonia region in South America, in South Argentina and South Chile between the Andes and the Atlantic of 40°S latitude and sometimes considered to include Tierra del Fuego (p. 1491, Ref. 11978). Also Ref. 1371, 56807, 83882, 90062, 93840, 95632, 115257, 118272, 122997, 124692.
 
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