pākirikiri
1. (noun) rock cod, blue cod, Parapercis colias - blue to bluish-green fish with an elongated body and smoothly sloping head and snout. It is exclusively found in Aotearoa/New Zealand in shallow waters around the rocky coasts of up to the depth of 150 m, though it is far more common south of Cook Strait.
Ko ētahi o āna mahi i te moutere he hopu haere, he kohi haere rānei i ētahi atu momo kai, arā, i te kekeno, i te kina, i te pāua, i te pākirikiri, i te mararī, i te kohikohi me te weka (TTR 1996:72). / Some of her tasks on the island was hunting and gathering various types of food, such as seals, sea-urchins, pāua, blue cod, butterfish, trumpeter and weka.
See also rāwaru
2. (noun) spotty, Notolabrus celidotus - a brownish-yellow or greenish to blue-grey endemic fish with a large diffuse spot on the side. Widespread and abundant in Aotearoa/New Zealand waters inhabiting shallow inshore rocky reefs and estuaries. Maximum size 240 mm.
Synonyms: paekirikiri, paketi
rāwaru
1. (noun) rock cod, blue cod, Parapercis colias - blue to bluish-green fish with an elongated body and smoothly sloping head and snout. It is exclusively found in Aotearoa/New Zealand in shallow waters around the rocky coasts of up to the depth of 150 m, though it is far more common south of Cook Strait.
Hei ngā marama o Ākuhata me Hepetema ka haongia ko te tarakihi, te pōrae , te rāwaru te taipua rānei, te kehe tae atu ki te kumukumu (Te Ara 2012). / In August and September tarakihi, trumpeter fish, rock cod, marble fish and gurnard are caught in nets.
taipua
1. (noun) rock cod, blue cod, Parapercis colias - blue to bluish-green fish with an elongated body and smoothly sloping head and snout. It is exclusively found in Aotearoa/New Zealand in shallow waters around the rocky coasts of up to the depth of 150 m, though it is far more common south of Cook Strait.
Hei ngā marama o Ākuhata me Hepetema ka haongia ko te tarakihi, te pōrae , te rāwaru te taipua rānei, te kehe tae atu ki te kumukumu (Te Ara 2012). / In August and September tarakihi, trumpeter fish, rock cod, marble fish and gurnard are caught in nets.
See also rāwaru
kopukopu
1. (noun) rock cod, blue cod, Parapercis colias - blue to bluish-green fish with an elongated body and smoothly sloping head and snout. It is exclusively found in Aotearoa/New Zealand in shallow waters around the rocky coasts of up to the depth of 150 m, though it is far more common south of Cook Strait.
pātutuki
1. (noun) rock cod, blue cod, Parapercis colias - blue to bluish-green fish with an elongated body and smoothly sloping head and snout. It is exclusively found in Aotearoa/New Zealand in shallow waters around the rocky coasts of up to the depth of 150 m, though it is far more common south of Cook Strait.
