silver-bream

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

or White-Bream


n.

a New South Wales fish, Gerres ovatus, Gunth.,family Percidae; also called Silver-Belly (q.v.).For another use, see Trevally.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,'p. 43:

«Mr. Hill, in the series of essays already referred to, speaksof a silver-bream or white-bream. It is probable he refers to Gerres ovatus, a common fish of very compressed form,and very protractile mouth. They probably never enterfresh-water. . . . It is necessary to cook the silver-belly,as it is often called, perfectly fresh.»

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