Common name | Trout cod |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Australia |
Locality | |
Ref. | IUCN, 1990 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | morphology |
1st modifier | other fish |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978); 'cod', from Old English 'cod', i.e., pouch or with a baglike appearance (p. 122, Ref. 11979). |