or Roughy, or Ruffy,or Ruffie
a Victorian fish, Arripisgeorgianus, Cuv. and Val., family Percidae. Arripis is the genus of the Australian fish calledSalmon, or Salmon-trout, A. salar, Gunth.See Salmon.
1875. `Spectator' (Melbourne), June 19, 1881:
«Common fish, such as trout, ruffies mullet . . . and others.»
1890. `Victorian Statutes – – Fisheries, Second Schedule'[Close Season]:
«Rough, or Roughy.»