Batfish and butterfish
kawirrwa���noun. Butterfish. Striped Scat, Spotted Scat. Selenotoca multifasciata, Scatophagus argus (Scatophagidae). Variant:�Iwaidja: Kalarlany. See:�wakpi�‘Spinefoot’; marramarra�‘Archerfish’; makumaku�‘Sicklefish (big brother)’. Category:�Batfish and butterfish. Anth: These ones are 'small brother' to makumaku.
marramarra���noun. Scribbled Angelfish. Chaetodontopolus duboulayi. Variant:�Iwaidja: Marramarra. Marramarra yuranka inimany iniyurtjiny ingalkpung iwararrkany. ‘Marramarra (Common archerfish) came, took him and buried him, cutting himself (ritually) and weeping.’ See:�manungkut�‘a similar species of fish’; Kawirrwa�‘family to Marramarra’; walgawalga�‘brown sweetlips’. Category:�Batfish and butterfish. Anth: Archerfishes live in saltwater and also up the rivers into freshwater. Anth: Can be eaten.
wakpi���noun. Spinefoot, Spotted Scat? Siganus spp.. See:�kawirrwa�‘Butterfish’; makumaku�‘Sicklefish’. Category:�Batfish and butterfish. Anth: With a sharp snout and stripes.
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