| Common name | Lax |
| Language | Icelandic |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Iceland |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Jonsson, G., 1992 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
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| Remarks | 'Lax' from same source as produced Old English 'laex', German 'lachs', Yiddish 'laks', English 'lox' and Russian 'losos' (i.e., smoked salmon) borrowed from Anglo-Norman 'saumoun' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979). Name also cited in Ref. 3383. |