| Common name | African basslet |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Micronesia (Federal States of) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | mod. for size |
| 2nd modifier | locality/area |
| Remarks | 'basslet', i.e., small bass; 'bass' maybe related to Old English 'byrst', i.e., bristle, from Old English 'boers' which became 19th century 'barse', i.e., fish from a Germanic base '*bars-' (source of German 'barsch') as a cognate with '*bors-' and which underwent phonetic mutation to form 'bass' (Ref. 11979). |