Common name | Anguilla eelgoby |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | India |
Locality | |
Ref. | Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other fish |
1st modifier | other fish |
2nd modifier | morphology |
Remarks | 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978);'goby' from Latin 'gobius', i.e., a fish of small value, gudgeon, from Greek 'kõbios' (Ref. 11978); 'anguilla', i.e., eel, from Latin 'anguis', i.e., snake, serpent and maybe directly connected with Greek 'enchelus' (Ref. 26545). |