Common name | Camurupim |
Language | Portuguese |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Brazil |
Locality | Northeastern Brazil: Ceará, Pernambuco, Piauí and Rio Grande do Norte; |
Ref. | Nomura, H., 1984 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Probably a variation of 'camurupy' = name associated with clupeids (Tibiriçá, 1984), although this species belongs to the Fam. Megalopidae; also registered in Carvalho & Branco (1977) for the Northeastern Region and in Szpilman (2000) for Rio de Janeiro |