2. (noun) blue shark, Prionace glauca - sometimes as mangō aupounamu or mangō au pounamu. Light-bodied with long pectoral fins. Body slender, tapering from the snout. The top of the body is deep blue, lighter on the sides, and the underside is white. The male blue shark commonly grows to 1.82 to 2.82 m at maturity, whereas the larger females commonly grow to 2.2 to 3.3 m. They feed primarily on small fish and squid, although they can take larger prey. Common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Kia akona hoki ki a koe te karakia taki mai i ngā mokopuna a Rongo-huakai, te mangō aupounamu, te mangō huri taniwha, te mangō makomako, te mangō waha tara. He mangō kai tangata katoa ēnei (JPS 1922:23). / You should be taught the karakia that attract the offspring of Rongo-huakai, the blue shark, the huritaniwha shark, the mako shark and the dogfish. These are all man eating sharks.
Synonyms: matawhā, mangō au pounamu, mangō pounamu, taha pounamu, ngengero
