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

a fish. The name is given in Englandto various fishes, from their length. In New Zealand andTasmania, it is applied to Genypterus blacodes, Forst.;also called Cloudy Bay Cod. Lotella marginata,Macl., is called Ling, in New South Wales, and Beardie. Genypterus belongs to the Ophidiidae and Lotella to the next family,the Gadidae.

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