carponemus

Updated: May 8, 2025

No. 23. Richardson Zool. Trans. 3, p. 102. Inhabits sandy beaches; is little known to the sealers. Caught in a net, 3rd March, 1841. No. 39. CHEILODACTYLUS CARPONEMUS. C. et V. 5. p. 362. Inhabits rocky shores. Some specimens weigh upwards of sixteen pounds. Caught by hook, 17th May, 1841. No. 42. CHEILODACTYLUS. Native name TOORJENONG. "Black Jew-fish" of the sealers.

Edward John Eyre - Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete