cod

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


This common English name of the Gadus morrhua is applied to many fishes in Australia ofvarious families, Gadoid and otherwise. In Melbourne it isgiven to Lotella callarias, Guenth., and in New SouthWales to several fishes of the genus Serranus. Lotella is a genus of the family Gadidae, towhich the European Cod belongs; Serranus is a Sea perch (q.v.). See Rock Cod, Black Rock Cod, Red Rock Cod, BlackCod, Elite Cod, Red Cod, Murray Cod, Cloudy Bay Cod, Ling,Groper, Hapuku, and Haddock.

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