| Common name | Longspine bellowfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | South Africa |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Heemstra, P.C., 1986 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | other/n.a. |
| 1st modifier | morphology |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'bellow', i.e., to make the loud deep hollow sound characteristic of a bull from Middle English 'belwen', from Old English 'bylgian' akin to Old English & Old High German 'bellan', i.e., 'to roar' (Ref. 27888). |