pākirikiri
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.
Ko ētahi o āna mahi i te moutere he hopu haere, he kohi haere rānei i ētahi atu momo kai, arā, i te kekeno, i te kina, i te pāua, i te pākirikiri, i te mararī, i te kohikohi me te weka (TTR 1996:72). / Some of her tasks on the island was hunting and gathering various types of food, such as seals, sea-urchins, pāua, blue cod, butterfish, trumpeter and weka.
See also rāwaru
2. (noun) spotty, Notolabrus celidotus - a brownish-yellow or greenish to blue-grey endemic fish with a large diffuse spot on the side. Widespread and abundant in Aotearoa/New Zealand waters inhabiting shallow inshore rocky reefs and estuaries. Maximum size 240 mm.
Synonyms: paekirikiri, paketi
