S. Afr. Also 8 steenbras(s)en, 9 -brassem, steembras. [Cape Du., f. Du. steen stone + brasem bream.] A sea-bream, Pagellus lithognathus.
1791. trans. Le Vaillant’s Trav., I. 22. There are plenty of fish at the Cape. Among those most valued … are the rooman..., steenbrasen … and some others.
1801. J. Barrow, Trav. S. Afr., I. i. 29–30. Next to the Roman are the red and the white Steenbrassems.
1910. Encycl. Brit., V. 230/2. [Cape Colony.] The steenbrass and geelbeck are common in the estuaries and bays.
1914. W. Macdonald, in 19th Cent., Sept., 591. [Walfish Bay.] Other fish are harders (grey mullet), steembras, and barbers.
