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Table 2 Classification criteria, descriptor attributes, and qualities used by inhabitants to identify the fish species

From: Traditional Mapuche ecological knowledge in Patagonia, Argentina: fishes and other living beings inhabiting continental waters, as a reflection of processes of change

Criteria

Descriptor attributes

Descriptor qualities in the discourse

Organoleptic

General body size

Large body

Small body

 

General body shape

Wide body

Rounded body

 

Body structure

Has spines

Has a lot of bones

 

Body colour

Red

White

Blue

Red-brown

Silvery brown

Has red and yellow specks

 

Colour of flesh

White

Reddish

 

Taste of flesh

Tasty

Tasteless

Oily

Ecological

Abundance

Many individuals

 

Habitat

River

 

Behaviour

Invades and kills

 

Introductions

Cosa de winka” (thing brought by the white man)