platycephalus

Updated: July 5, 2026

Does not correspond well with A. MARMORATUS. "Rays, D. 12," etc. Caught by Seine, 18th March, 1841. The fishermen dread wounds made by the species of this fish, as they always fester. Native name BOORA-POKEY, or POKY. SERGEANT of the settlers. No. 36. PLATYCEPHALUS. Native name CUMBEL. Common Flat-head of the settlers.

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