<i>Sebastes percoides</i>, Richards., family
<i>Scorpaenidae</i>. It is also called <i>Poddly</i>; <i>Red
Gurnard</i>, or <i>Gurnet</i>; and in New Zealand,
<i>Pohuikaroa</i>. See <i>Perch</i> and <i>Gurnet</i>.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,'
p. 48:

"<i>Sebastes percoides</i>, a fish of a closely allied genus
of the same family [as <i>Scorpaena cruenta</i>, the red
rock-cod]. It is caught at times in Port Jackson, but has no
local name. In Victoria it is called the Red Gurnet-perch."

<hw>Redhead</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Firetail</i>.

<hw>Red-knee</hw>, <i>n</i>. sometimes called the <i>Red-kneed
Dottrel</i>, <i>Charadrius ruftveniris</i>, formerly
<i>Erythrogonys cinctus</i>, Gould. A species of a genus
of Australian plovers.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vi. pl. 21:

"<i>Erythrogonys Cinctus</i>, Gould; Banded Red-knee."

<hw>Red Mulga</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to a species of
Acacia, <i>A. cyperophylla</i>, F. v. M., owing to the red
colour of the flakes of bark which peel off the stem. See
<i>Mulga</i>.

1896. Baldwin Spencer, `Home Expedition in Central Australia,'
Narrative, pt. i. p. 16:

"We crossed a narrow belt of country characterized by the
growth along the creek sides of red mulga. This is an Acacia
(<i>A. cyperophylla</i>) reaching perhaps a height of twenty
feet, the bark of which, alone amongst Acacias, is deciduous
and peels off, forming little deep-red coloured flakes."

<hw>Red Mullet</hw>, <i>n</i>. New South Wales, <i>Upeneoides
vlamingii</i>, Cuv. and Val., and <i>Upeneus porosus</i>,
Cuv. and Val., family <i>Mullidae</i>. See <i>Mullet</i>.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,'
p. 38:

"The name of this family is a source of much confusion. It is
derived from the Latin word <i>mullus</i>, which in the form of
`Mullet' we apply to the well-known fishes of quite a different
family, the <i>Mugilidae</i>. Another fish to which the term
`Red-Mullet' is applied is of the family <i>Cottidae</i> or
Gurnards."

<hw>Red Perch</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Tasmania to the
fish <i>Anthias rasor</i>, Richards.; also called the Barber.
In Australia, it is <i>Anthias longimanus</i>, Gunth.

<hw>Red Rock-Cod</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in New South Wales
to the fish <i>Scorpaena cardinalis</i>, Richards., family
<i>Scorpaenidae</i>, marine fishes resembling the Sea-perches.
<i>S. cardinalis</i> is of a beautiful