Common name of Monodactylus argenteus
 
Common name Black bat fish
Language English
Type Market
Official trade name No
Rank 4 - (Less common name)
Country Myanmar
Locality
Ref. Hla Win, U., 1987
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core non-fish animal
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'bat', i.e., 'flapper', from Middle English 'backe' borrowed from Old Swedish 'natbakka', i.e., night bat, from Old Norse 'lethrblaka, i.e., leather-flapper (p. 54, Ref. 11979); 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979).
 
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