Odontanthias cauoh explained

Odontanthias cauoh, the red jewelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Serranidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Etymology

The fish is named after "Carolina", the popular name for this fish among Brazilian professional fishermen at St. Paul's Rocks in the eastern Atlantic, but it was shortened to the nickname CauĆ³ because of the first author's elder daughter, Ana Carolina S. R. Carvalho, and pronounced kau-oh.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE . 23 March 2023 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.