fish
Language:
Australian:
Karra gnorra
English JS Main:
fish
English:
Fish, (Wrasse?) Native name Karra gnorra
====The fish has a fusiform shape with a slightly elongated snout with two barbels on its lower jaw, and a blue and mauve face. Its body is striped horizontally with pale washes of blue, pink and yellow which are overlaid with dark brown vertical stripes across the back, and the outline of the scales in pale grey or brown. The fins have a spiny appearance. The front dorsal, pelvic and pectoral fins are blue, and the rear dorsal and anal fins are brown and yellow. The caudal fin is pale yellow overlaid with pale brown and orange-brown stripes. ...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: fishes
Source:
Painters
Line:
12375
Respelt:
gara-ngåra
Part of speech:
noun
Meaning Clue:
"Karra gnorra" gara ngara = "Fish, (Wrasse?) Native name Karra gnorra ..." fish [Wrasse?]: Painters [::12375] [BB]
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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Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription.
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Comment:
Watling Drawing - no. 375 : Fish, native name "Karra gnorra" / Thomas Watling