maomao
1. (noun) blue maomao, Scorpis violaceus - bright blue fish with a deep body and small mouth, usually found in large schools north of East Cape.
He whakataukī nā te Māori: " He rāngai maomao ka taka i tua o Nukutauria e kore a muri e hokia." (TP 1/1909:6). / There is a saying of the Māori: "A shoal of maomao fish that passes beyond Nukutaurua Reef will not return."
