trevally

or Trevalli, or Trevalla,or Travale

n.

an Australian fish.In various localities the name is applied to several fishes,which are most of them of the family Carangidae,or Horse-Mackerels. An Old-World name for theHorse-Mackerels is Cavalli (Ital. cavallo,a little horse). Trevalli is sometimes called Cavalli; this was probably its original namein Australia, and Trevalli a later corruption.

The different kinds are – – Black Trevally – – Teuthis nebulosa, Quoy, family Teuthididae(a New South Wales fish).

Mackerel T. (so called in Tasmania) – – Neptonemus dobula, Gunth., family Carangidae.

♣ Silver T. – – Another Tasmanian name for the White Trevally, Caranxgeorgianus (see below).

♣ Snotgall T. – – Neptonemus travale, Casteln. (in Victoria);

N. brama, Gunth. in Tasmania); both of the family of Carangidae.

♣ White T. – – Caranx georgianus, Cuv. and Val., family Carangidae; (so called in New South Wales, New Zealand,and Tasmania; in Victoria it is called Silver Bream). Teuthis javus, Linn., family Tuethididae.

The Maori name for the Trevally is Awara,and in Auckland it is sometimes called the Yellow-Tail (q.v.). See also quotation, 1886.

Guenther says, the genus Teuthis is readily recognisedby the peculiar structure of the ventral fins, which have anouter and an inner spine and three soft rays between.

1769. `Capt. Cook's Journal' (edition Wharton, 1893), p. 164:

«Several canoes came off to the ship, and two or three of themsold us some fish – – cavallys as they are called – – which occasionedmy giving the Islands the same name.»

1886. R. A. Sherrin, `Fishes of New Zealand,' p. 99:

«Dr. Hector says: `The trevalli is the arara of the Maoris, orthe trevalli or cavalli of the fishermen . . . In Auckland itis sometimes called the yellow-tail, but this name appears tobe also used for the king-fish. The fish known as trevalli inthe Dunedin market is a different fish, allied to thewarehou.'»

1890. `Victorian Statutes – – Fisheries Act' (Second Schedule):

«Travale.»