S. Africa. [Du. = blunt nose.] A fish, Chrysophrys globiceps, caught in great abundance round the Cape during summer (Pettman, Africanderisms, 1913). Also stump-nose (see STUMP sb.).
1705. trans. Bosman’s Guinea, 261. Several sorts of Bream, Stompneuses, or flat Noses.
1791. trans. Le Vaillant’s Trav. Africa, I. 22. There are plenty of fish at the Cape. Among those most valued … are … the stompneus [etc.].
