barracuda
Language:
Australian:
Wel-gnoo-roo
English JS Main:
barracuda
English:
Fish [Barracouta], native name "Wel-gnoo-roo" ---The length of this Fish is three feet six Inches, breadth five and half, ====Its body is of fusiform shape and predominantly white shading to blue towards the spine and underparts, and overlaid with a pale grey linear diamond pattern representing the scales. The fins, including the spiny front dorsal, are blue, and the head is olive green. A fine black line runs the length of the body along its side. ...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: fishes
Source:
Painters
Line:
12372
Respelt:
wala-ngu-ru
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. 372 : Fish, native name "Wel-gnoo-roo" / Port Jackson Painter]