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pink snapper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From pink + snapper.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, Western) The fish Chrysophrys auratus (or Pagrus auratus).
    • Like the dhufish, the pink snapper is high up on the list of popular species that anglers love to catch. 2006, Kurt Blanksby, Fishing Guide to Western Australia, Revised edition, page 52:
    • These traps are used in southern Australia to take leatherjackets (Monocanthidae) in deeper waters of the continental shelf and pink snappers (Pagridae) and other bottom-dwelling fish in shallower waters. 2001, R. J. Slack-Smith, Fishing with Traps and Pots, Food and Agriculture Organization, page 33:

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Synonyms

schnapper · Australasian snapper · squirefish · silver seabream · pinky · snapper