white-trevally

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

n.


an Australian fish.See Trevally.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish and Fisheries of NewSouth Wales,' p. 59:

« Caranx georgianus, the `white trevally.' . . There areseveral other species of Caranx in Port Jackson. In Victoriait is called silver bream. Count Castelnau says it is verybeautiful when freshly taken from the water, the upper partbeing a light celestial blue or beautiful purple, the lowerparts of a silvery white with bright iridescent tinges . . .There is another fish called by this name which has alreadybeen described amongst the Teuthidae, but this is theWhite Trevally as generally known by New South Walesfishermen.»

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