Common name of Coryphaenoides rupestris
 
Common name Rock grenadier
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. McAllister, D.E., V. Legendre and J.G. Hunter, 1987
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core other/n.a.
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'grenadier', i.e., a spiny tree with red flowers producing the grenade fruit (thick skinned, several celled reddish berry) from Middle French 'pomegrenate' from Latin 'granata', 'granatus', i.e., seedy, from 'granum', i.e., grain (Ref. 27888)
 
Entered by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.
Modified by Sampang-Reyes, Arlene G.
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