| Common name | Northern squawfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 5 - (Name not displayed) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | British Columbia |
| Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
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| Remarks | 'Northern', i.e., of the north, alluding to the distributional range of this fish in North America; 'squawfish', i.e., term used to refer to large cyprinid fishes of North America; 'squaw', i.e., an American Indian woman, of Algonquian origin akin to Natick 'squáas', i.e., woman (p. 1144 in Ref. 11978); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). |