| Common name | Carangue à taches fauves |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | New Caledonia |
| Locality | Goro Zone; Islands of Pins |
| Ref. | Leblic, I. and M.-H. Teulières, 1987 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
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| Remarks | 'Carangue' from Spanish 'caranga' borrowed from an indigenous American language (p. 135 in Ref. 9404); 'à taches fauves', i.e., tawny spotted; 'taches' from Old Francique 'teche, têkan' (i.e., mark) of the same origin as in Gothic 'taikns' (German 'Zeichen', i.e., sign) (p. 729 in Ref. 9404); 'fauve', i.e., abbreviation for 'gibier fauve' or hunted game, from Francique 'falw' (German 'falb') latinized as 'falvus' (p. 299 in Ref. 9404). |