Updated 26 Dec. 2024
PDF version (illustrated)

Plecoglossus Temminck & Schlegel 1846 pleco-, from plékō- (Gr. πλέκω), folded, pleated or twisted; glossus, from glṓssa (Gr. γλῶσσα), tongue, referring to its “peculiar” ridged tongue (translation)

Plecoglossus altivelis (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) altus (L.), high; velum (L.), sail, referring to higher dorsal fin compared with other members of the salmon family (in which, at the time, osmeriform fishes were thought to belong)

Plecoglossus altivelis chinensis Wu & Shan 2005 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: China (and Taiwan), where it occurs

Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyensis Nishida 1988 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Ryukyu Islands, Japan, where it occurs