Growler

Growler (Grystes salmonoides), a fish of the Perch family, abundant in many of the rivers of North America, as in the neighbourhood of New York. It attains a length of 2 feet, affords good sport to anglers, and is much esteemed for the table. It is of an olive colour, dark on the upper parts, and becoming grayish-white beneath. It receives its name from a sound which it emits. The genus Grystes has small scales, and only fine villiform teeth. Nearly allied is the genus Oligorus, including the valuable Murray Cod (O. macquariensis) from the Murray and other rivers of South Australia, which may attain a length of 3 feet and a weight of 100 lb., and a New Zealand coast form, the 'Hapuku' (O. gigas).