sardine

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

n.


name given in Australia to afresh-water fish, Chatoessus erebi, Richards., of theherring tribe, occurring in West and North-West Australia, andin Queensland rivers, and which is called in the Brisbane riverthe Sardine. It is the Bony Bream of the NewSouth Wales rivers, and the Perth Herring of WesternAustralia.

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