and John Dory
(q.v.), spelt also
an Australian fish, Cyttus australis,family Cyttidae; the Australian representative of Zeus faber, the European «John Dory,» and its closerelative, is called Bastard Dorey in New Zealand, andalso Boar-fish (q.v.).
1880. Guenther, `Study of Fishes,' p. 387:
« Histiopterus. . . .The species figured attains to alength of twenty inches, and is esteemed as food. It is knownat Melbourne by the names of `Boar-fish' or `Bastard Dorey'(fig.), Histiopterus recurvirostris.»
or John Dorey n. a fish. Thisname is applied in New South Wales and Tasmania to Cyttus(Zeus) austr...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
n. a fish. See morwong, paper-fish, and trumpeter. In Sydney it is Latris ciliaris, Forst., which ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris