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-afunu

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v. eat food after drinking kava

-amhaku

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v fight with a club, wield a club

-apena

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v 1. order, set in order; 2. clean up, police, collect leavings of food (for fear of sorcery)

-arhiápw

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v warm oneself, sit near a fire

-ase

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v tr 1. beg, ask for, plead for; 2. ask for a child to adopt

-asén

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v agree, concur, nod (once), raise one’s eyebrows

-uiri

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adj. woody, tough, fibrous (as a yam or taro)

amriamen

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put in order

araii narek

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cut my penis( circumsision)

areri

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v. to braid rope or hair, or wrap with coconut leaves

atɨg(i)

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v 1. spill (as liquid); 2. capsize, overturn, dump out; 3. fall, drop

avi

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boat

ia-kakwaii nimaii

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v I brushed the new garden

(Bislama) brasem new garen

ia-keri tapou sei nerei

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v I dig taro’s bed for planting

(Bislama) mi tikim hol blo taro

ia-kesi nukuaii-nahii

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I pick the fruit tree of all the fruit

(Bislama) mi pikimap fuit

Itaku

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kaipwipi keikwau

When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5108)

Example: When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.

kakwsariakwsari

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n month name (archaic, corresponding to October)

kamiemie

kamiemie
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n. a type of fungus that grows on trees, can be fried and eaten

kamsiwi

Rhyothemis phyllis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/149704-Rhyothemis-phyllis
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Yellow-striped Flutterer

Example: Photo by givernykate / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

karaga

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digging stick, taro planting stick

karharhi

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n. 1. small taro roots, 2. garden (metaphorically)

ken

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pig pen

kesiesi

kesiesi
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footbridge made of wood and bamboo

kisup

Charonia tritonis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121741-Charonia-tritonis

Triton’s Trumpet

Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

konianaker

Epinephelus fasciatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-fasciatus.html
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Blacktip grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

konuwak sarariman

Diagramma pictum http://fishbase.org/summary/Diagramma-pictum.html
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Painted sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

kovarerou

Bodianus loxozonus http://fishbase.org/summary/Bodianus-loxozonus.html
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Splitlevel hogfish, blackbelt hogfish

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kri

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agreement

kurukuru

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n small stones, pebbles

kutkut

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oval handled basket

kwanarai

Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5147)

Example: Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.

kwanare reia

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egg of chicken

kwanaroti

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club, with serrated edges

kwanei awou

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grass skirt plant, sea soaked

kwani kumɨn

Used to paint face for kastom ceremony before other colors were available from store--original color.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5149)

Example: Used to paint face for kastom ceremony before other colors were available from store--original color.

kwankumah

A person would never use a food knife when cutting this tree as it will make that person hungry, which is also the name of the tree. So people do not like to cut this tree.
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[kwan kuman] n. shrub, 1-1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3130)

Example: A person would never use a food knife when cutting this tree as it will make that person hungry, which is also the name of the tree. So people do not like to cut this tree.

kwanuvekɨr

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n. Barringtonia edulis (Cut Nut Tree)

kwanwekɨr

Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5041)

Example: Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).

kwɨmtákahau

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n. kind of edible legume

kɨpkɨr

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bird name: kind of warbler?

mak inherɨp

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kind of ground dove

meri-ruta

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n sunrise

nagaimafu

Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a wood to construct the posts of a house. It is also used to fashion paddles as an accessory to a canoe.
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[naŋema:fu] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3018)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a wood to construct the posts of a house. It is also used to fashion paddles as an accessory to a canoe.

nahpao

Canthidermis maculata http://fishbase.org/summary/Canthidermis-maculata.html
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Rough triggerfish, spotted oceanic triggerfish, oceanic triggerfish

Example: Photo by Ross Robertson / Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific online information system, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nakua tanna

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[nakua tanna] riverbed

nalalas

Bislama
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plant (to be identified)

(Bislama) nalalas

namarban

This tree is a good timber for rafters, the wood is soft. The English name is "Christmas Tree."
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[name̤rbun] n. kind of tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3126)

Example: This tree is a good timber for rafters, the wood is soft. The English name is "Christmas Tree."

namatamai

Lethrinus lentjan http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-lentjan.html
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Pink ear emperor

Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

namnuk

Crateva religiosa
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[nam nak] n. tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3152)

naparius

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kind of banana

Example: Eaten ripe

nari-noien

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n. something to do

Nariamaramera

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n my vertebrae

Narougen-ian

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during fight

narrer

People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.
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[næhɨr] n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3111)

Example: People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.

natahi

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. flowering shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

neimeiraer

Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5088)

Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.

nekfai

The leaves, fruits and stems of this plant are used as pig food. The leaves are used to wrap lap lap in. Leaves are also used to cover a roof of a house--the top part or ridge.
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n. liana growing up a damaged macaranga dioica tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowering spadices green to tannish-yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3241)

Example: The leaves, fruits and stems of this plant are used as pig food. The leaves are used to wrap lap lap in. Leaves are also used to cover a roof of a house--the top part or ridge.

nenɨs

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fog, ground fog

niangɨn

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n. forest with big trees, growing closely together

nifar

kind of laplap (food)

nikis

nikis
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bamboo rear wall of traditional (cyclone) house

nikwa

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n. fruit, offspring

nikwanaha

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n. fruit of nikwa

Nipikinwan

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tribe name

nipirey

Collect young leaves and boil in water or fry it and eat as a cabbage. To cover fish for cooking, take petiole with many leaves and bend to cover fish and put in sauce pan. When cooked eat fish and leaves.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5017)

Example: Collect young leaves and boil in water or fry it and eat as a cabbage. To cover fish for cooking, take petiole with many leaves and bend to cover fish and put in sauce pan. When cooked eat fish and leaves.

nkhaourakou

When a person is growing watermelons, you put a knife in the roots of the watermelon plants, and then cut a stick from this tree and drive it into the roots as well, to ensure greater numbers of watermelons will be grown.
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n. shrub, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3160)

Example: When a person is growing watermelons, you put a knife in the roots of the watermelon plants, and then cut a stick from this tree and drive it into the roots as well, to ensure greater numbers of watermelons will be grown.

noawatikerehy

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kind of breadfruit, has small fruits that are more oblong than round

Example: The stem of this variety is good for canoe-making as it will last for many years of use

noueis

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n. Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia), eaten or used for medicine to heal many ailments, and as a poison antidote, also gives energy and improved cognitive function, has a bad taste

Numuwian

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n tremor

nurap

Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.
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[nurap] n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 49 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4733)

Example: Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.

Nusuaian ia niangen

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n clearing in the forest

nátahi

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n. kind of tree, Bislama: ’milk tree’

nɨfaga

nɨfaga
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[nɨfaŋa] bow

nɨkenaku jeria

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their heart

nɨkoukau

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bridge

nɨkweto

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n. 1. fern tree (black palm), 2. barbed arrow (made of nɨkweto wood)

nɨpɨrak

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n my body

nɨsuvás

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n. kind of tree with edible seed in a hairy pod

pangkor

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soursop fruit

pawpawuk

Papilio fuscus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/496560-Papilio-fuscus
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Fuscous Swallowtail

Example: Photo by obinfiji / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

penesu

Scarus schlegeli http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-schlegeli.html
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Yellowband parrotfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pepheer akwes

Plectorhinchus lineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-lineatus.html
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Yellowbanded sweetlips

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pepheer pitew

Plectorhinchus albovittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-albovittatus.html
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Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

prane

Hunting: The wood of the tree is used, as the body of a spear, to hunt fishes and turtles. To fashion the spear, an appropriate length of wood is cut, debarked, heated (to straighten) and then topped with an iron point. Note: Iaruman is the name of the male form of this plant. Prane is the female form of this plant. This plant is considered the same as Rapanea amischocarpa.
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n. shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3038)

Example: Hunting: The wood of the tree is used, as the body of a spear, to hunt fishes and turtles. To fashion the spear, an appropriate length of wood is cut, debarked, heated (to straighten) and then topped with an iron point. Note: Iaruman is the name of the male form of this plant. Prane is the female form of this plant. This plant is considered the same as Rapanea amischocarpa.

rewhi-yaknawhi

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n my baby teeth (deciduous teeth)

rhurhu

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kind of skink (green)

sɨkɨnmantóu

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n. kind of large taro, from Aneityum

sɨmanu

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n. kind of yam

takiew se tasi

Phyllidiopsis xishaensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/136327-Phyllidiopsis-xishaensis
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Striped Phyllidopsis

Example: Photo by eschlogl / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

tapatou

Sphyraena putnamae http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-putnamae.html
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Sawtooth barracuda

Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

tapinarewen

Platax boersii http://fishbase.org/summary/Platax-boersii.html
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Golden spadefish

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

tasi

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sea

tasiapen

Pterocaesio marri http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-marri.html
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Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

Example: Photo by Lesley Clements / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

tikinau hasori

Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5124)

Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.

toupar toupar

Flower for decorating things like at marriage, church, opening of new building like dispensary. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them along their entire length with wood post. This can be used to collect water today when a person is in the forest and thirsty. Leaves wrap banana laplap. Put in saucepan boil 20 minutes, toss out water, take leaf off and eat laplap. Leaf folded not tied. People say its native to Vanuatu
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5132)

Example: Flower for decorating things like at marriage, church, opening of new building like dispensary. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them along their entire length with wood post. This can be used to collect water today when a person is in the forest and thirsty. Leaves wrap banana laplap. Put in saucepan boil 20 minutes, toss out water, take leaf off and eat laplap. Leaf folded not tied. People say its native to Vanuatu

tuai

This tree is a source of good, hard wood. It is used to make children’s bows as well as for house construction.
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n. tree, 30 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3238)

Example: This tree is a source of good, hard wood. It is used to make children’s bows as well as for house construction.

tuwai

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree, 15 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

tɨtua

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garden bed

yakaryakar

Siganus spinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-spinus.html
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Little spinefoot, scribbled rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Kathleen Kresner-Reyes / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia