English common name: Snapper

Latin name: Pink Snapper Pagrus auratus is the commonest species[5]

Comments: There are several species of ‘Snapper’ in Derbal Nara. Kodj = axe. Older individuals often have a bump on the forehead, possibly given rise to name for ‘head like an axe’.

Click to hear the word  Ejarup, yollee ombula, kodger cuttuck, goojeet, yajarrup, dejarrup

Photo Sue Morrison, Western Australian Museum.

References

[5] Department of Fisheries, Species Identification Guide, 6.