Common name of Chaetodon xanthocephalus
 
Common name Papillon à tête jaune
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Mauritius
Locality
Ref. Cornic, A., 1987
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'à tête jaune', i.e., yellow head; 'tête', from Latin 'testa', i.e., terra cota vase, skull, head (p. 743 in Ref. 9404); 'jaune' from Latin 'galbinus', i.e., yellow fever (p. 401 in Ref. 9404).
 
Entered by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.
Modified by Sampang-Reyes, Arlene G.
Checked by Béarez, Philippe
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