red gurnet-perch

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

n.


name given in Victoria tothe fish Sebastes percoides, Richards., family Scorpaenidae. It is also called Poddly; RedGurnard, or Gurnet; and in New Zealand, Pohuikaroa. See Perch and Gurnet.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,'p. 48:

« Sebastes percoides, a fish of a closely allied genusof the same family [as Scorpaena cruenta, the redrock-cod]. It is caught at times in Port Jackson, but has nolocal name. In Victoria it is called the Red Gurnet-perch.»

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