Common name of Salvelinus fontinalis
 
Common name Truta-das-fontes
Language Portuguese
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Portugal
Locality
Ref. Sanches, J.G., 1989
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core other/n.a.
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'truta' from Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978); 'das fontes', i.e., spring, from Latin 'fontana' from 'fons, fontis', i.e., source (p. 314 in Ref. 9404).
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