bony bream

noun

1. an Australian freshwater clupeid fish, Fluvialosa richardsonii

Example Sentences

He estimated 85% of the dead fish were native species such as Bony Bream and Golden Perch, with the rest consisting of non-native types such as carp.

From BBC

Hundreds of thousands of native fish, including Murray cod, golden perch and bony bream, died around the Menindee weir.

From The Guardian

Another very beautiful but almost useless fish met with in the Upper Burdekin and its tributaries is the silvery bream, or as it is more generally called, the "bony" bream.

From Project Gutenberg

Bony bream and bony herring will be passed on to the boys and girls, and, so too, the rough parts of turtle; but the sweet fish and flesh are retained by the old and lusty men, who proclaim that they alone may eat of such things with impunity.

From Project Gutenberg