Common name of Elagatis bipinnulata
 
Common name Saumon
Language Creole, French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Martinique
Locality
Ref. Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1986
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'saumon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979); name generally applied by Martinique fishermen (Ref. 35105).
 
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