murray-cod

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

n.


an important fresh-waterfood-fish, Oligorus macquariensis, Cuv. and Val., called Kookoobal by the aborigines of the Murrumbidgee, and Pundy by those of the Lower Murray. A closely alliedspecies is called the Murray-Perch. Has been known toreach a weight of 120 lbs.

1839. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions into the Interiorof Eastern Australia,' vol. i. p. 95:

«We soon found that this river contained . . . the fish wefirst found in the Peel, commonly called by the colonists `thecod,' although most erroneously, since it has nothing whateverto do with malacopterygious fishes.»

1880. Guenther, `Introduction to Study of Fishes,' p. 392(`O.E.D.'):

«The first ( Oligorus macquariensis) is called by thecolonists `Murray-cod,' being plentiful in the Murray River andother rivers of South Australia. It attains to a length ofmore than 3 feet and to a weight of nearly 100 lbs.»

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

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