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fingerling/ alevin

Spanish translation: cría desarrollada/alevín

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English term or phrase:	fingerling/ alevin
Spanish translation:	cría desarrollada/alevín
Entered by:	maria70

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22:35 Apr 12, 2011

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Zoology / Aquaculture

English term or phrase: fingerling/ alevin

Hi, would appreciate your help on this:

I always translated fingerlings as "alevines" in Spanish, but in the phrase they have "fingerling" AND "alevin". What distinction could I make between the two?

Context:
"Seedlings Sources (Species specific: Ova, smolt, fry, fingerling, larvae, alevin, spat, nauplii and post larvae, others)

maria70 KudoZ activity Questions: 53 (3 open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 09:10

cría desarrollada/alevín

Explanation:
Tenía entendido que era así...

fingerling:

http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

alevin:

http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

¡Suerte!

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Toni Romero
Spain
Local time: 14:10

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excelente, no sólo por las sugerencias, sino por la excelente fuente de información. Ya puse el glosario de FAO entre mis favoritos. Muchísimas gracias.
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cría desarrollada/alevín

Toni Romero

esguín/murgón (del salmón del Atlántico)

DLyons

Discussion entries: 2

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2 hrs confidence:

esguín/murgón (del salmón del Atlántico)

Explanation:
The OED gives "finglerling" as a name for the parr which is the life stage between fry and before leaving for the Atlantic.

esguín/murgón is the stafe after alevin.

Reference: http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CGEQFjAJ...

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 13:10
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English

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

cría desarrollada/alevín

Toni Romero
Spain
Local time: 14:10
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Catalan
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

excelente, no sólo por las sugerencias, sino por la excelente fuente de información. Ya puse el glosario de FAO entre mis favoritos. Muchísimas gracias.

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