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pātutuki

1. (noun) rock cod, blue cod, Parapercis colias - blue to bluish-green fish with an elongated body and smoothly sloping head and snout. It is exclusively found in Aotearoa/New Zealand in shallow waters around the rocky coasts of up to the depth of 150 m, though it is far more common south of Cook Strait.

See also rāwaru

Synonyms: kopukopu, taipua, rāwaru

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