‖ steenbras(s S. Afr.
(ˈsteːnbras)
Also 8 steenbras(s)en, 9 -brassem, steembras.
[Cape Du., f. Du. steen stone + brasem bream.]
Any of several marine fishes of the family Sparidæ, esp. the red steenbras, Petrus rupestris, the silver steenbras, Sparodon durbanensis, or the white steenbras, Lithognathus lithognathus.
| 1791 tr. Le Vaillant's Trav. I. 22 There are plenty of fish at the Cape. Among those most valued..are the rooman.., steenbrasen..and some others. 1801 J. Barrow Trav. S. Afr. I. i. 30 Next to the Roman are the red and the white Steenbrassems. 1893 [see kingklip]. 1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 230/2 [Cape Colony.] The steenbrass and geelbeck are common in the estuaries and bays. 1914 19th Cent. Sept. 591 [Walfish Bay.] Other fish are harders (grey mullet), steembras, and barbers. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 301/2 Many of the Cape fish, such as the geelbek,..the steenbras. 1958 Cape Times 20 May 2/2 Fishermen have been bringing in some fine, big red-steenbras... Anglers on the rocks have..had good hauls of smaller fish including white stumpnose, galjoen and white steenbras. 1973 [see kabeljou]. |