Common name of Coregonus sardinella
 
Common name Sardine cisco
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United Kingdom
Locality
Ref. Svetovidov, A.N., 1984
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier other fish
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Sardine', from Latin 'sardina' from 'Sarda', i.e., fish from Sardinia, a Roman city (p. 670 in Ref. 9404); 'cisco', short for Canadian French term 'ciscoette' for any of the whitefish genus of the Coregonid family including important food fishes of the Great Lakes region (p. 243 in Ref. 11978).
 
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