Common name | Black comb-tooth |
Language | English |
Type | Aquarium |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Indonesia |
Locality | |
Ref. | Kuiter, R.H., 1992 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | morphology |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'comb-tooth', pertaining to the bristtle like fins; '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). |