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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As written at the very start on Wikipedia:

'from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally 'ox-eyed'

[–] Justas 1 points 1 month ago

Ah, so Swedish is literally using "ox eyed fish" as the name.