Common Name | Black porpoise |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official Trade Name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Global |
Locality | |
Ref. | MarineSpecies.org, 2050 |
Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other/n.a. |
1st Modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd Modifier | |
Remarks | 'porpoise', from Old French 'porpais' (12th c.), literally 'pigfish', from Latin 'porcus' i.e. 'pig', from Proto-Indo-European root 'porko' - 'young pig' + 'peis' i.e. 'fish', from Latin 'piscis' i.e. 'fish', from Proto-Indo-European root 'pisk', i.e. 'a fish'. |