Common name of Mylopharyngodon piceus
 
Common name Black amur
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Uzbekistan
Locality
Ref. Kamilov, G. and Z.U. Urchinov, 1995
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier locality/area
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); 'Amur', i.e., Amur River between China and Russia.
 
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