Common name | Black finned triggerfish |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Mauritius |
Locality | |
Ref. | Cornic, A., 1987 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | inanimate object |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979). In Triggerfishes, the second spine of the first dorsal acts as a trigger, locking the first spine of the first dorsal fin and if depressed, unlocks the first spine (from Ref. 5288). |