2. (noun) fluke.
pātiki
1. (verb) to be flat, level.
Synonyms: kaupae, taumata, tautika, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, papatairite, whakapaparanga, apaapa, apa, kōeke, kōeketanga, paparanga
2. (noun) flounder (a general term for flounder-type fish).
I ētahi pō, ka haere a Tīpene ki te rama tuna, ka wero pātiki anō ia ina kitea e ia ētahi (HP 1991:17). / Some nights Stephen would go to hunt for eels by torchlight and spear flounder whenever he saw some.
3. (noun) black flounder, Rhombosolea retiaria - an exceedingly flattened fresh water endemic fish with both eyes on the top side. Dark greenish-black with masses of bright brick-red and paler grey spots on the upper surface. Lower surface is grey-white. Widespread in coastal waters in harbours, river mouths and estuaries.
Synonyms: pātiki mohoao, mohoao
4. (noun) sand flounder, Rhombosolea plebeia - undivided to slightly divided anterior and pelvic fin rays and has a distinctive rhomboidal shape. Endemic and widespread. Adults found sub-tidally to depths of 100 m, especially on soft seabeds.
5. (noun) greenback flounder, Rhombosolea tapirina - well developed fleshy snout partly overhanging the mouth. In Aotearoa/New Zealand waters it occurs off tge east and south coasts of the South Island.
6. (noun) lemon sole, Pelotretis flavilatus - grey-to-brown fish with greenish tinge, mottled white on underside. Body oval, wider at front. Scales rough and eyes large. Endemic and found on sandy seabedsthroughout Aotearoa/New Zealand in depths of 4-618 m.
7. (noun) New Zealand turbot, Colistium nudipinnis - brownish-green with irregular darker blotches, pale on underside. Body oval. Snout with a hook-like projection that overlaps the jaws. Endemic fish that occurs from Northland coast to the south coast of the South Island, inhabiting sand and mud seabed in nearshore and subtidal areas up to 50 m.
Pātiki, Te
1. (personal name) The Coalsack - a dark nebula of dust near the Southern Cross that gives the appearance of a gap in the stars of Te Mangō-roa (The Milky Way).
Ko Tamarereti he tangata. Ko tōna waka ko Tautoru, he whetū kei te rangi e tū rārangi ana. Kei tua ake ko Te Ika o te Rangi, tōna āhua kei tō Te Pātiki. / Tamarereti is a man. His canoe is Orion's Belt, stars standing in a line in the sky. They are the other side of the Milky Way and look like The Coalsack.
See also Manakouri, Rua-pātiki, Te
pātiki rori
1. (noun) New Zealand sole, common sole, Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae - a fish greenish-grey on top, white beneath, with a rounded snout and a mouth not quite at the very front of the snout, hidden by a hook-like projection. The body is oval-elongate with a broad head and small eyes. Endemic occuring throughout coastal Aotearoa/New Zealand as far south as Southland. Inhabits sandy substrata in subtidal area to around 55 m.
Synonyms: horihori, pātiki rore, raututu, tarore, pakeke
pātiki rore
1. (noun) New Zealand sole, common sole, Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae - a fish greenish-grey on top, white beneath, with a rounded snout and a mouth not quite at the very front of the snout, hidden by a hook-like projection. The body is oval-elongate with a broad head and small eyes. Endemic occuring throughout coastal Aotearoa/New Zealand as far south as Southland. Inhabits sandy substrata in subtidal area to around 55 m.
See also pātiki rori
Synonyms: horihori, raututu, tarore, pakeke, pātiki rori
pātiki tōtara
1. (noun) yellowbelly flounder, Rhombosolea leporina - distinguished from other flounder by its distinctive yellow blind-side colouration, elongate body and deeply split anterior dorsal and pelvic fin rays. Endemic to coastal Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Chatham Islands from subtidal to depths of 25 m in bays, estuaries and brackish coastal lakes.
Synonyms: pātōtara
pātiki mohoao
1. (noun) black flounder, Rhombosolea retiaria - an exceedingly flattened fresh water endemic fish with both eyes on the top side. Dark greenish-black with masses of bright brick-red and paler grey spots on the upper surface. Lower surface is grey-white. Widespread in coastal waters in harbours, river mouths and estuaries.
