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King River prawn
Untreated faecal matter released into waterways: Don't swim there. There's too many King River prawns. Compare blind mullet, blind trout, Bondi cigar, Bondi shark, brown trout, Werribee trout.
Contributor's comments: I'm never going in the water again! hahaha.
Contributor's comments: We [in Hobart] have a similar regionalism - except we would call it a 'brown trout'.
Contributor's comments: Another expression for same is "blind mullet".
Contributor's comments: 'Blind trout' has much more common use in Tasmania than 'King River Prawn', the term particularly describes escapees from sewage treatment plants.