Patterns in fish naming ability in two fishing communities of Myanmar

Si, Aung; Kyawphyo, Aung

doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00610-7

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 3 Intha names recorded for local fish species from numerous villages around Inle Lake

From: Patterns in fish naming ability in two fishing communities of Myanmar

# respondents	Scientific name	Intha name(s)
21	Anabas testudineus	nga³ thauʔ t̪wa³, ngəbye² ma¹
20	Balitora sp.	nga³ tein² kaʔ, nga³ tein² tɛʔ
74	Barbonymus gonionotus	nga³ phyu², thain³ [< Thai] ngəkhoun³ ma¹, jəpan² [< Japan] ngəkhoun³ ma¹, nga³ khoun³ ma¹, zaw² ji² ngəkhoun³ ma¹, ye² cho² nga³ khoun³ ma¹
9	Celestichthys erythromicron	(ngət̪əphwɛ³), (ngəcɛ² pyauʔ)
77	Channa harcourtbutleri	nga³ u² mɛ¹
71	Channa striata	nga³ yan¹
0	Chaudhuria caudata	Unknown
77	Clarias cf. batrachus	nga³ khu²
83	Clarias gariepinus	nga³ khu², a² fəri³ ka³ [< Africa] ngəkhu², ət̪a³ sa³ ngəkhu²
46	Ctenopharyngodon idella	myɛʔ sa³ nga³, myɛʔ sa³ ngəjin³, hmɔ¹ sa³ nga³, hmɔ¹ sa³ dɛ¹ ngəjin³
86	Cyprinus intha	nga³ phein³
40	Cyprinus rubrofuscus	nga³ shwe² wa², mwe³ ngəphein³, shwe² wa² nga³ phein³
8	Devario kakhienensis	(pyɛʔ sa³ yu³ ma¹)
3	Esomus danrica	nga³ ye² bɔ²
17	Gambusia affinis	nga³ baiʔ phaun³, nga³ baiʔ ka³, nga³ u³ phaun³
15	Garra gravelyi	nga³ loun³, poss. also the names used for Balitora sp.
71	Glossogobius cf. giuris	nga³ khaun³ pwa¹, ngəloun³ jan³
0	Glyptothorax rugimentum, G. siamensis	Unknown
85	Gymnostomus horai	nga³ lu³, ngəjin³ phyu
85	Heteropneustes fossilis	nga³ ci³, ngəkhu² yo³ yo³, ngəji³
65	Inlecypris auropurpureus	nga³ hnyaun² she², nga³ ni² sein³, ngəye² bɔ²
24	Labeo rohita	ngəmyiʔ chin³, nga³ myɛʔ hsan² ni², ngəjin³ myɛʔ hsan² ni²
52	Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei	nga³ səlɛ³ tho³
76	Mastacembelus caudiocellatus	nga³ hmwe², ngəmwe² tho³
34	Microrasbora rubescens	ngət̪əphwɛ³, nga³ t̪əphwɛ³ chauʔ
87	Monopterus cuchia	ngəshɛn¹, shin¹ pɛn³
87	Monopterus javanensis	ngəshɛn¹, shin¹ phyu²
86	Notopterus notopterus	nga³ phɛ², ngəphɛ² ma¹
86	Oreochromis niloticus	cauʔ nga³, si² la³ pi³ ya³, nga³ wain³
0	Oryzias uwai	Unknown
81	Parambassis lala, P. ranga	pəlaʔ səteiʔ [< plastic] nga³, nein² lun² [< nylon] nga³, ngəhman², hman² nga³
58	Pethia stoliczkana	nga³ hmɛ¹ tiʔ, nga³ hmɛ¹, ngəmɛ¹ dəbauʔ, nga³ təlɛʔ ma¹
32	Petruichthys brevis	nga³ ni² pyauʔ, ngəpyauʔ, ngəyiʔ plauʔ, nga³ pyauʔ ma¹
22	Physoschistura shanensis	ngət̪əlɛ³ tho³, (nga³ phɛ² souʔ ma¹)
15	Poecilia reticulata	daun³ nga³
5	Poropuntius schanicus	nga³ yiʔ
53	Puntius sophore	zɔ² gyi ngəkhoun³ ma¹, ngəkhoun³ ma¹ hmɛ¹ dəbauʔ, ye² cho² nga³ khoun³ ma¹
18	Sawbwa resplendens	nga³ bəzaʔ ni², nga³ mi³ ni², mi³ ni² gaun³ ni², nga³ saw² bwa³
70	Systomus cf. rubripinnis	ngəkhoun³ ma¹ mi³ ni², nga³ khoun³ ma¹, de² t̪a¹ ngəkhoun³ ma¹, in³ d̪a³ ngəkhoun³ ma¹
27	Trichogaster labiosa	nga³ mɛ³, nga³ pouʔ pya³, nga³ pya²
40	Trichopodus pectoralis	ngəwɛʔ, nga³ wɛʔ ma¹

Column 1 gives the number of people (from a total of 89 respondents) who provided at least one of the names listed in Column 3. Scientific names are the updated versions and may differ from those given in Annandale [19]. See Fuke et al. [30] for name correspondences
N.B. The first name in each cell of Column 3 is the most commonly recorded Intha name. Names in parentheses indicate ethnotaxon labels that were recorded infrequently; they may be from a different dialect or, in rare cases, may represent an incorrect identification. < followed by an English word indicates a loanword in the name. One species from the Kano et al. [20] survey, Neolissochilus nigrovittatus, was not included, as no suitable photograph could be found
Pronunciation note A modified (simplified) version of the International Phonetic Alphabet has been used here to maximise precision and intelligibility to a wider audience: ə, schwa, as in the ‘a’ of ‘about’; ɔ, as in the ‘au’ of ‘caught’; ɛ, as in the ‘e’ of ‘get; ʔ, glottal stop; t̪ and d̪ indicate dental consonants; hs, ‘hissy s’ [s^h]; hl, hm, hn and hr are devoiced l [l̥], m [m̥], n [n̥] and r [r̥], respectively; ph, th and kh represent the aspirated stops [p^h], [t^h] and [k^h], respectively; sh and ch are pronounced as in English; ng, velar nasal [ŋ]; c is the affricate [tɕ]; n at the end of a syllable (e.g. oun) indicates a nasal vowel; and superscripts ¹ ‘creaky’ tone, ² ‘low’ tone, ³ ‘high’ tone

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