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Thyrsites

Index Thyrsites

Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791), the snoek, is a long, thin species of snake mackerel found in the seas of the Southern Hemisphere. [1]

41 relations: Anchovy, Angola, Australasia, Bacalhau, Barracuda, Bengt Anders Euphrasén, Bobotie, Cape Malays, Cape Town, Cephalopod, Commercial fishing, Crustacean, Fish measurement, Frying, Game fish, Gempylidae, Genus, Georges Cuvier, Gordon's Bay, Great Britain, Grilling, Hout Bay, Japan, Johann Reinhold Forster, John Richardson (naturalist), Kalk Bay, Moçâmedes, Mossel Bay, Northern Cape, Northern pike, René Lesson, Sardine, Smoking (cooking), South Africa, Southern Hemisphere, Species, Stew, Tristan da Cunha, United Kingdom, Western Cape, World War II.

Anchovy

An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae.

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Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola; Kikongo, Kimbundu and Repubilika ya Ngola), is a country in Southern Africa.

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Australasia

Australasia, a region of Oceania, comprises Australia, New Zealand, neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean and, sometimes, the island of New Guinea (which is usually considered to be part of Melanesia).

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Bacalhau

Bacalhau is the Portuguese word for cod and—in a culinary context—dried and salted cod.

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Barracuda

The barracuda is a ray-finned fish known for its large size, fearsome appearance and ferocious behaviour.

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Bengt Anders Euphrasén

Bengt Anders Euphrasén (born 1756 in the parish of Habo, historical province of Västergötland, Sweden; died 25 December 1796 in Stockholm) was a Swedish botanist.

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Bobotie

Bobotie (Afrikaans) is a well-known South African dish consisting of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping.

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Cape Malays

Cape Malays are an ethnic group or community in South Africa.

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Cape Town

Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.

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Cephalopod

A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural κεφαλόποδα, kephalópoda; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus or nautilus.

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Commercial fishing

Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries.

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Crustacean

Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.

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Fish measurement

Fish measurement is the measuring of the length of individual fish and of various parts of their anatomy.

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Frying

Frying is the cooking of food in oil or another fat.

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Game fish

Game fish are fish pursued by recreational anglers.

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Gempylidae

The Gempylidae are a family of perciform fishes, commonly known as snake mackerels or escolars.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Georges Cuvier

Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology".

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Gordon's Bay

Gordon's Bay (Gordonsbaai) is a harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, close to Strand.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Grilling

Grilling is a form of cooking that involves dry heat applied to the surface of food, commonly from above or below.

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Hout Bay

Hout Bay (Houtbaai, meaning "Wood Bay") is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa situated in a valley on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, twenty kilometres south of the Central Business District of Cape Town.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Johann Reinhold Forster

Johann Reinhold Forster (22 October 1729 – 9 December 1798) was a Reformed (Calvinist) pastor and naturalist of partially Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America.

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John Richardson (naturalist)

Sir John Richardson FRS FRSE FLS FGS MWS LLD (5 November 1787 – 5 June 1865) was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.

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Kalk Bay

Kalk Bay (Afrikaans: Kalkbaai) is a fishing village on the coast of False Bay, South Africa and is now a suburb of greater Cape Town.

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Moçâmedes

Moçâmedes (called Namibe between 1985 and 2016) is the capital city of Namibe Province in modern-day Angola.

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Mossel Bay

Mossel Bay is a harbour town of about 130,000 people on the Southern Cape (or Garden Route) of South Africa.

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Northern Cape

The Northern Cape (Noord-Kaap; Kapa Bokone) is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa.

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Northern pike

The northern pike (Esox lucius), known simply as a pike in Britain, Ireland, most of Canada, and most parts of the United States (once called luce when fully grown; also called jackfish or simply "northern" in the U.S. Upper Midwest and in Manitoba), is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox (the pikes).

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René Lesson

René Primevère Lesson (20 March 1794 – 28 April 1849) was a French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist.

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Sardine

"Sardine" and "pilchard" are common names used to refer to various small, oily fish in the herring family Clupeidae.

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Smoking (cooking)

Smoking is the process of flavoring, browning, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Southern Hemisphere

The Southern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is south of the Equator.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Stew

A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy.

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Tristan da Cunha

Tristan da Cunha, colloquially Tristan, is both a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and the main island of that group.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Western Cape

The Western Cape (Wes-Kaap, Ntshona Koloni) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrsites

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