takeke
1. (noun) piper, Hyporhamphus ihi - elongated endemic fish with lower jaw extended and beak-like. Greenish to green-blue above, pale white below, with broad silver band on side. Dorsal and anal fins set well back on body. Found in coastal waters around Aotearoa/New Zealand and Chatham Islands at depths of 0-10 m.
I te mutunga o tā mātou hao takeke i Rāpaki, he one pai, ka mea atu ahau ki taku pāpā, "Ko te wake ahau ki te kāinga." (TWK 15:4). / When we had finished netting piper fish at Rāpaki, a nice beach, I said to my father, "I am walking home."
2. (noun) full-grown common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
