Perch
alapanja2���noun. batfish. Zabidius novaemaculeatus, Platax spp.,. Variant:�Iwaidja: Alabanja. See:�manungkut�‘fish similar to Batfish’; wurrut�‘trevally (generic)’. Category:�Perch.
kawakul���noun. Sand Bass, Young adult male Barramundi or Barrumundi which has brown colour due to living in muddy creek water. Psammoperca waigiensis, Lates calcarifer (young male adult). See:�wirlmu�‘Barramundi’. Category:�Perch. Anth: When this name refers to a Barramundi it denotes an immature adult male Barramundi. less than 30 cms in length and dark in colour. The Sand Bass lives in the sea near the reef whereas a young brown barramundi lives in the creek. Both fish look very similar to one another.
manjarlkujparri���noun. three-lined Grunter (Trumpeter), Striped grunter-like fish, Spangled Grunter. Terapon jarbua, Terapon sp, Pelates quadrilineatus,. Variant:�Iwaidja: Alukun. Nuka ja manjarlkujparri ja kinyurlarlkuku ja kiyap. ‘The manjarlkujparri is a striped fish.’ See:�wirtjirrk�‘Yellowtail grunter (trumpeter)’; inypampuk�‘Coal Grunter’. Category:�Perch.
wirlmu���noun. Barramundi. Lates calcarifer. Variant:�Iwaidja: Mangkawuli. See:�kawakul�‘Sand bass, small adult Barramundi or Barrumundi which has brown colour due to living in muddy creek water’; wurlngurl�‘Male Barramundi’. Category:�Perch.
witjirrk���noun. Yellowtail grunter (trumpeter). Amniataba caudavittata. Variant:�Iwaidja: Alukun. See:�inypampuk�‘Freshwater type of grunter’; manjarlkujparri�‘Three-lined Grunter (Trumpeter), Striped grunter-like fish, Spangled Grunter’. Category:�Perch.
wurlngurl���noun. male Barramundi? See:�wirlmu�‘Barramundi’. Category:�Perch. Anth: It has red eyes. It is fat in the dry season.
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