Roccus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, suggested by English rockfish.

Proper noun

Roccus m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – including rockfish or striped bass of the United States, now genus Morone.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Roccus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Roccus at World Register of Marine Species
• Jordan, D. S., Jordan, D. S. (1878). Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi River, and North of North Carolina and Tennessee, Exclusive of Marine Species. United States: Jansen, McClurg, p. 399