| Common name | Western brook char |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| 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 | 'Western' from 'west', i.e., the direction in which the sun goes down, from prehistoric Germanic 'westaz' from Indo-European base 'wes-' which produced Latin 'vesper' and Greek 'hésperos', i.e., evening, and related to Sanskrit 'avas', i.e., down (p. 571 in Ref. 11979); 'brook' of Germanic origin related to German 'bruch', i.e., swamp (p. 81 in Ref. 11979); 'char' of unknown origin (p. 227 in Ref. 11978). |