| Common name | Calafetão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Dialect | Spanish |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Brazil |
| Locality | Northern and Northeastern Brazil |
| Ref. | Nomura, H., 1984 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | other |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | Calafetão is related to calafetar = to fill up holes in a boat (Ferreira, 1999); also referred in Szpilman (2000) |