tarwhinen.
/ˈtɑːhwʌɪn/ An Australian fish, Chrysophrys sarba, used for food.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > other edible fish
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tautog1750
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Albany beef1779
sable1810
Murray cod1843
paradise fish1858
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strawberry bass1867
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1880 J. Inglis Our Austral. Cousins 298 In the brackish waters near Lake Macquarie, are most plentiful supplies of black bream, tarwine, flathead, whiting, river gar-fish and others.
1883 E. P. Ramsay Food Fishes New S. Wales 12 The black bream (Chrysophrys australis) and the tarwhine (Ch. hasta) are both valuable food-fish,..they attain a weight of 4 to 5 lbs.
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