Golden Weedfish
Language:
Australian:
Tack-in-marra-dera
English JS Main:
Golden Weedfish
English:
The fish at top right labelled "Tack-in-marra-dera" has a fusiform body shape. The front dorsal and pelvic fins have a spiny appearance and the rear dorsal, anal and caudal fins have a ragged, forked appearance. The fish is predominantly brown in colour with grey underparts.
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: fishes
Source:
Painters
Line:
12381.1
Respelt:
dagin-mara-dara
Part of speech:
noun
Source Details:
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002
Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814?
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Comment:
Watling Drawing - no. 381 : Four fishes, native names "Tag-ga", "Tack-in-marra-dera", "Dy-e-ne-ang", and "Ballang-an" / Thomas Watling]