enoplosus

Updated: May 7, 2025

Seems to differ from described species in the two dark bars of the tail, being directly transverse, and followed by five large dark purple round spots. Inhabits sandy shores very commonly, all round the coast of New Holland. A variety occurs at Maria Island, Van Diemen's Land. Caught by hook, 15th May, 1841. Good eating. No. 13. No. 46. ENOPLOSUS ARMATUS. Cuv. et Val. 2, p. 133, pl. 20.

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