Common name of Thunnus albacares
 
Common name Alvacora-lajeira
Language Portuguese
Dialect Arabic
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Brazil
Locality
Ref. Ihering, R.V., 1968
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core plant
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier
Remarks Alvacora = variation of 'albacora' = tuna or fig that appears before it is time to come (Ferreira, 1999) + lajeira = living on rocky places
 
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