| Common name | Black mudfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | habitat/ecology |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | '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). Name also cited in Ref. 3881. |