tarwhine

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

n.


an Australian fish, Chrysophryssarba, Forsk. See Black-Bream. It is somewhatdifficult to distinguish the fish from its close relation theBlack-Bream, Chrysophrys australis, Gunth. Both areexcellent food, and frequently abundant in brackish waters.