πάπραξ

Etymology
Has been connected with and, or explained as onomatopoeic after the supposed sound of the fish. According to Beekes, the word may be of origin, in view of the suffix.

Noun

 * 1) Thracian lake-fish

Noun

 * 1) a kind of fish once found in the Thracian lake Prasias
 * 2) * Herodotus, The Histories, 5.16