‖ stompneus S. Africa.
(ˈstɔmpnœs)
[Du. = blunt nose.]
Either of two edible fishes found off the coast of southern Africa, the red and silver Chrysoblephus gibbiceps or the silvery Rhabdosargus globiceps, both of the family Sparidæ. Also stump-nose (see stump n.).
| 1705 tr. Bosman's Guinea 261 Several sorts of Bream, Stompneuses, or flat Noses. 1791 tr. Le Vaillant's Trav. Africa I. 22 There are plenty of fish at the Cape. Among those most valued..are..the stompneus [etc.]. 1945 Cape Argus Mag. 20 Oct. 1 Often we hooked two together—silverfish, panga, stompneus, elft. 1953 Cape Times 4 Mar. 2/4 Kabeljou, yellowtail, white stompneus and stockfish were all caught in Hermanus. |