
Нельзя же отказывать "латыньцам" в изобретательности.
А вот названия англоязычные - полный кошмар... у этих янки медуза - тоже рыба

Странно, почему аквалангистов назвали дайверАми, а не, скажем, scuba-fish?
В догонку...
General Information on Triggerfish
... The triggerfish takes its name from the locking mechanism of the stout first dorsal-fin spine and the smaller, slender second spine (the trigger). When the first spine is erected, the second spine is also pulled up and functions like a cam to wedge the larger spine in a vertical position (Fig. 1). The first spine cannot be folded down, until the tip of the second spine is pulled posteriorly. The family name Balistidae is formed from the genus name Balistes, which is derived from the Latin ballista, another name for the Roman catapult, in allusion to the trigger mechanism of the dorsal-fin spines...
Оригинал: http://africandiving.tripod.com/html/tr ... hmain.html