Common name of Coryphaenoides rupestris
 
Common name Grenadierfisch
Language German
Type Vernacular
Official trade name Yes
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Germany
Locality
Ref. Muus, B. and P. Dahlström, 1978
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core other/n.a.
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Official trade name (Ref. 47487). 'grenadier', i.e., a spiny tree with red flowers producing the grenade fruit (thick skinned, several celled reddish berry) borrowed from Middle French 'pomegrenate' from Latin 'granata', 'granatus', i.e., seedy, from 'granum', i.e., grain (Ref. 27888)
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