Common name of Salvelinus malma
 
Common name Western brook trout
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 behavior
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier locality/area
Remarks 'Western' from 'west', i.e., the direction in which the sun goes down, from prehistoric Germanic 'westaz' from Indo-European base 'wes-' which produced Latin 'vesper' and Greek 'hésperos', i.e., evening, and related to Sanskrit 'avas', i.e., down (p. 571 in Ref. 11979); 'brook' of Germanic origin related to German 'bruch', i.e., swamp (p. 81 in Ref. 11979); 'char' of unknown origin (p. 227 in Ref. 11978).
 
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