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-afafáu

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v wear a hat, cover (something)

-ahatata

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v 1. lean against; 2. believe in, depend on

-amɨna

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v work, produce, enlarge or improve (as one’s resources)

-arkouani

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v tr wear around neck (as a necklace, neck ornament or tie)

-arukwafa

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v bury, conceal, hide

-arukwahagɨn

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v var. of -rukwahagɨn

-atámw

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v intr 1. cry out, call out; 2. smack one’s lips (as to call a pig)

-uiri

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

awsaskringi napuaii

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splet dry coconut intwo pieces

awsi

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v. to kill

basangi

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n. house vertical support posts

boi

boi
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buoy used to float fishing nets (Bislama?)

Green Point

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ia -kawani nerei

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I cooked taro

(Bislama) mi kukum taro

ia-kamawengin

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v I eat

iamha

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n. kind of seaweed

ianɨr

ianɨr
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mullet (fish)

Ianɨtim

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Aneityum

ikɨnan

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tabu place, taboo place

iou iti

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friend

irɨs irɨs

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

Example: A poison fish which can sometimes be eaten. Photo by Ross Robertson / Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific online information system, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

isouni

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n. kind of sweet potato with dark flesh

kaepaepae kequahu

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.

kamkari

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n. wolf spider

kapkapeki

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stage of coconut development

kauga

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jaw, door frame, gate

kaviatameta

Myzomela cardinalis
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Cardinal Honeyeater

kofetatea

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n morning star

kofi

kofi
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coffee beans (Bislama)

konakaka

The flower stick is cut at both ends and used as a trumpet by the children. The root of this type is poisonous; other types are used as food.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5117)

Example: The flower stick is cut at both ends and used as a trumpet by the children. The root of this type is poisonous; other types are used as food.

kotauiruan

This plant is used as a source of fiber to make grass skirts. Gather a lot of stems, place in seawater with a stone on top (the process known as retting) for one month. Collect the stems, pull off the bark and remove the fiber, allowing it to dry in the sun until it bleaches white, when it can be woven into the traditional grass skirt.
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n. subshrub, 75 cm tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3236)

Example: This plant is used as a source of fiber to make grass skirts. Gather a lot of stems, place in seawater with a stone on top (the process known as retting) for one month. Collect the stems, pull off the bark and remove the fiber, allowing it to dry in the sun until it bleaches white, when it can be woven into the traditional grass skirt.

kourmhin

Micropsitta bruijnii rosea
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Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot

koutkout

Petroica multicolor septentrionalis
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Pacific Robin

Example: Photo by Paul Balfe / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

krirɨm karu

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num seven

kuankumah

Psychotria milnei
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n. understory treelet, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4210)

kurpas- ia nusouk

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n my heel (of foot)

kwanam poro

Fruits edible when ripe. For dengue fever, take 1 bundle of leaves and stems, mash and place in pot with 2 L water, boil 30 minutes, drink warm. Drink 1 liter 1x day for 4-6 days depends on strength of dengue. "Sends" dengue out from your body.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5131)

Example: Fruits edible when ripe. For dengue fever, take 1 bundle of leaves and stems, mash and place in pot with 2 L water, boil 30 minutes, drink warm. Drink 1 liter 1x day for 4-6 days depends on strength of dengue. "Sends" dengue out from your body.

kwanepit

The leaves of this plant are used to treat diarrhea. Take a handful of leaves, chew them and suck out the liquid and swallow it, then spit out the fiber and all that remains in the mouth. Also known to be good as a cattle feed.
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n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. flowers bluish-purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3164)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to treat diarrhea. Take a handful of leaves, chew them and suck out the liquid and swallow it, then spit out the fiber and all that remains in the mouth. Also known to be good as a cattle feed.

kwaniere

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n. 1. Garcinia pancheri, 2. kind of introduced fruit tree with elongated, green fruit

kwatavirua

When  this plant grows to 2m, peel bark and put it in salt water to rett the stem. To do this, tie the stems in bundles and cover the bundle with a stone in the sea. After one week, rett the stem by pulling out the strong fibers and discarding the rest. Dry the fibers, then make a grass skirt from this. The leaves can be crushed and used as a styptic for wounds to stop bleeding.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5135)

Example: When this plant grows to 2m, peel bark and put it in salt water to rett the stem. To do this, tie the stems in bundles and cover the bundle with a stone in the sea. After one week, rett the stem by pulling out the strong fibers and discarding the rest. Dry the fibers, then make a grass skirt from this. The leaves can be crushed and used as a styptic for wounds to stop bleeding.

kweiei

Ctenochaetus striatus
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Striated Surgeonfish, Lined Bristletooth, small silver scaled fish

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

makhum

Scarus psittacus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-psittacus.html
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Common parrotfish, palenose parrotfish

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

Malen

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Mountain

manhewao sarariman

Caranx melampygus http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-melampygus.html
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Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

marao

Sargocentron tiereoides http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-tiereoides.html
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Pink squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

mimináu

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volcanic glass shards (Pele’s hair)

mɨrɨris

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kind of fish

nakaw ia nirak

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n my rib

nakeian

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gladness or hug

Example: hug your mother if longtime no see her

namatamai

Lethrinus ornatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-ornatus.html
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Ornate emperor

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nariram

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n. kind of banana

nase

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n adopted child

nasemer

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kind of breadfruit, produces a very long stem, the highest of any breadfruit, and then forms fruits when it becomes a very tall tree

Example: The wood is no good for making canoes as it is too soft

nasiaben

Melicope latifolia
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n. tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3159)

Nasorian

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n my waist

nasuaiou

Ficus
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n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3108)

neai

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sky, heavens

nepar nepar

Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.
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[napurnapur] n. small sapling, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3029)

Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.

neper

Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5127)

Example: Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.

nepikesy

Root is sold to earn money, as perfume and oil is from this. Grandparents used to dry the wood over a cooking fire in a kitchen when a person would get the flu. To help, they’d take dried and heated wood, scrape one cup’s worth into hot water, and then breathe over the steam bath. Drink water afterwards. Do thhis once a day for three days.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5035)

Example: Root is sold to earn money, as perfume and oil is from this. Grandparents used to dry the wood over a cooking fire in a kitchen when a person would get the flu. To help, they’d take dried and heated wood, scrape one cup’s worth into hot water, and then breathe over the steam bath. Drink water afterwards. Do thhis once a day for three days.

niemhis

Young leaves are edible fresh or can be boiled for 5 min in pot.  Can roll young leaves around coconut pieces and eat it with salt. Green fruits edible. Red fruits boiled, salted and eaten.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5123)

Example: Young leaves are edible fresh or can be boiled for 5 min in pot. Can roll young leaves around coconut pieces and eat it with salt. Green fruits edible. Red fruits boiled, salted and eaten.

nimaue

1. Ripe fruits are edible. 2. Young leaves are eaten raw.
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n. well branched understory tree, growing in dense cloud forest. fruits yellow-green to red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4228)

Example: 1. Ripe fruits are edible. 2. Young leaves are eaten raw.

niparem

In times of disaster, can roast root in fire like sweet potatoe 20 min--chew the root to get the sweet tasting food and spit out fiber.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5095)

Example: In times of disaster, can roast root in fire like sweet potatoe 20 min--chew the root to get the sweet tasting food and spit out fiber.

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.

nuri-nanipuka

This plant is used by dogs who have an upset stomach. They go to eat this grass and then their stomachs feel better. Pigs feed on this grass.
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n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3169)

Example: This plant is used by dogs who have an upset stomach. They go to eat this grass and then their stomachs feel better. Pigs feed on this grass.

nurpiteu

1. Goats and cattle eat the leaves. 2. Wood is used to carve blunt-end arrow heads to hunt pidgeons.
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n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4231)

Example: 1. Goats and cattle eat the leaves. 2. Wood is used to carve blunt-end arrow heads to hunt pidgeons.

nuvia

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n. Crytosperma, Bislama: ’wild taro’

(Bislama) nuvia

nɨfregi

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n. kind of vine

nɨgak

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n my gums (of mouth)

nɨhi yesur

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[nɨhi yesur] riverbed

nɨkehiáp

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n. tree fork

nɨpatakinuwak

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n my neck

nɨpavi-

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n. inalienebale leaf stalk (as of taro, banana, etc.)

nɨpɨk ~ nepik

nɨpɨk ~ nepik
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n. banyan tree

nɨrukwɨfiien

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eclipse (lunar?)

nɨsko

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n. 1. kind of tree, 2. bent staff or stick used by toka dancers

nɨtiro

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kind of fish

penesu

Scarus rivulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-rivulatus.html
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Rivulated parrotfish, surf parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pepher pitew sarariman

Plectorhinchus picus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-picus.html
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Painted sweelip, dotted sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pinerau

Ptilinopus greyii
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[pinerew] Red-Bellied Fruit Dove

Example: Sub-adult Red-bellied Fruit Dove. Photo by Papier K / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

pusi

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cat

rangek matouk

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n my right hand

rerenakuang

Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.
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n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3166)

Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.

rewhi-yaknawhi

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n my baby teeth (deciduous teeth)

riminhik

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my dad

rukwitɨsi

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coast

ruwama narisian

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died laughing

(Bislama) det laf

sarakweis

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yolk of egg

suku

suku
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[suku] n. type of mushroom

sɨmanu

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n. kind of yam

tjintja

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ginger (Bislama, English)

tour

tour
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n. semi-inalienable aerial root

tɨnari

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cloth

tɨpwesin

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n tidal pool, salt evaporation pool

uritoga natoga

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wind direction: south-east wind

utu apusan

Aphareus furca http://fishbase.org/summary/Aphareus-furca.html
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Small toothed jobfish

Example: Photo by @perigor2000 / www.whatsthatfish.com/fish, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

yanar

Liza vaigiensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Liza-vaigiensis.html
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Squaretail mullet

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

yapha

Naso brevirostris http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-brevirostris.html
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Spotted Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

yapha pshir

Naso brevirostris http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-brevirostris.html
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Spotted unicornfish

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

yesu

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Mulloidichthys-flavolineatus.html
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Yellowstripe goatfish

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