herring

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

n.


Various species of Clupeidae, to which the European Herring belongs, areknown by this name in Australasia, and the word is also appliedto an entirely different fish, Prototroctes maraena,Gunth., the Yarra Herring, Freshwater Herring, Grayling (q.v.), or Cucumber-Mullet, found in therivers of Victoria or Tasmania. The Clupeidae are Clupea sagax (called also Maray, q.v., and Pilchard), C. sundaica, C. hypselosomaBleek., C. novae-hollandiae, Cuv, and Val., C. vittata, Castln, (called the Smelt, q.v.), andothers. In Western Australia Chatoessus erebi,Richards., is called the Perth Herring. See also Picton Herring, Aua, and Sardine.

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

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