| Common name | Coalfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Clemens, W.A. and G.V. Wilby, 1961 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | color pattern(s) |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'coal', i.e., black solid fossil fuel, from prehistoric Germanic '*kolam', i.e., 'glow' from glowing ember (p.119, Ref. 11979). |