describe the fishapod named Tiktaalik
The name Tiktaalik is an Inuktitut word meaning  burbot , a freshwater fish related to true cod. The fishapod genus received this name after a suggestion by Inuit elders of Canada 's Nunavut Territory, where the fossil was discovered.escription Edit. restoration of Tiktaalik roseae. Tiktaalik represents an intermediate form between fish and amphibians. Unlike many previous, more fishlike transitional fossils, Tiktaalik' s 'fins' have basic wrist bones and simple fingers, showing that they were weight bearing.