kōheru
1. (noun) scad, Decapterus koheru - an endemic schooling coastal fish, brilliant blue to blue-green above, silvery white below, with a prominent yellow stripe along the back. Body elongated and cylindrical. Found from Manawatāwhi/Three Kings Islands to Whakaari/White Island.
Ka whakaū ngā poti ki ngā wāpu i te ata, ki te ope ki uta i ngā ika i haoa i te pō. Hohoro tonu te ao i ngā kōheru ki te kete, me te whiu ki uta, kia unahia, kia whakamaroketia, kia taka e tētahi tini tāne wāhine hoki (THM 1/4/1888:1). / The boats dock at the wharves in the morning to land the fish caught in the night. Quickly the herrings are scooped into baskets, and swung ashore, to be scaled, cured, and packed by immense numbers of men and women.
Synonyms: kōheriheri, kōtaratara
