biskopn.
/ˈbɪskɒp/, U.S. /ˈbɪsˌkɑp/, South African English /ˈbɪskɒp/ South African.
Either of two species of South African fishes, namely the white biskop, Sparodon durbanensis, and the black, or blue, biskop, Cymatoceps nasutus.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > sparodon durbanensis (biskop)
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1902 J. D. F. Gilchrist in Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. 11 227 Biscop, Poeskop..Chrysophrys, sp.
1930 C. L. Biden Sea-angling Fishes of Cape 257 The Biskops or Mussel-crushers..White Biskop..Black Biskop.
1957 S. Schoeman Strike! 60 In False Bay and Hermanus it is called white musselcracker or white biskop, or simply biskop.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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