karatī
1. (noun) young snapper, Chrysophrys auratus - silvery pinkish to golden fish with numerous bright blue spots over upper sides. Deep-bodied with a blunt head. The most abundant coastal Aotearoa/New Zealand species known from the North Island and northern South Island.
Ko te nuinga o ā rāua ngohi, he karatī, he parore (TWK 24:9). / The majority of their fish were small snapper and black bream.
See also tāmure
