A marine fish of Australian waters, typically brightly coloured and sometimes commercially fished.
唇指鲈
Nemadactylus and other genera, family Cheilodactylidae
Example sentencesExamples
Juvenile dusky morwong meander nearby, while octopus and cuttlefish hide below suspended beams and the tips of old hollowed piles.
From the cooler water morwong, to a splendid angelfish and the brightly speckled hawkfish, this oceanic haven in the middle of a vast sea vibrates to the rhythm of the Pacific's currents.
It is grouped for statistical and commercial purposes with the morwong.
Origin
Late 19th century: probably from a New South Wales Aboriginal language.