rāwaru
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.
Hei ngā marama o Ākuhata me Hepetema ka haongia ko te tarakihi, te pōrae , te rāwaru te taipua rānei, te kehe tae atu ki te kumukumu (Te Ara 2012). / In August and September tarakihi, trumpeter fish, rock cod, marble fish and gurnard are caught in nets.
