bafaro, noun
- Forms:
- Also pufaro.
- Origin:
- Unknown.
obsolescent
The wreckfish Polyprion americanus of the Polyprionidae.
- Note:
- In Smith and Heemstra’s Smiths’ Sea Fishes (1986), the name ‘wreckfish’ is used for this species and for the family to which it belongs.
1902 J.D.F. Gilchrist in Trans. of S. Afr. Philological Soc. XI. iv. 224 (Pettman)We have hitherto considered names for which derivations can be suggested...There are a few, however, for which no plausible derivation can be discovered. These are bafaro, assous, zeverrim.
1972 Beeton & Dorner in Eng. Usage in Sn Afr. Vol.3 No.2, 13Bafaro, Black Bess, stone bass, wreck fish: type of rock-cod, found over a wide ocean area, in deep water fr the Cape to Natal, often in the neighbourhood of wrecks; grows to 2m.
The wreckfish Polyprion americanus of the Polyprionidae.
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