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head like the porpoise, with similar teeth ; it probably belongs 
to that order, and is synonymous with rarihi. 
Awn, is a small tidal-river fish, resembling the roach ; the 
settlers call it the herring, which it only resembles in shape. 
It is synonymous with takeke. 
Araara, a fish about a foot and a half long, very broad and 
flat, having remarkably large scales, and its dorsal and caudal- 
fins covered with scales. [See plate.] 
Hnpuku, or whapuku commonly called the cod, but a much 
richer fish in flavor : externally, it more resembles the salmon, 
and is known in New Holland as the Dew or Jew fish ; it 
attains a large size, and is considered the best sea fish of New 
Zealand. 
Kahciwai, ( centropristes truita), or mulloides .—It is generally 
from fifteen to twenty inches long; is taken with a hook and 
a piece of the haliotis shell: the flavor is rather sour, but its 
great abundance renders it very valuable as an article of food. 
Kirikiri, and pakirikiri, a rough-skinned fish, having two 
spines on the back, which it can elevate at pleasure; it is a 
short but broad fish (labrus pcecilopleura ). 
j Koputaratara, kopuawai, papati, and totara: these are all 
names for the diodon ; this is a round fish, covered with spines ; 
it possesses the power of inflating itself, when it looks like a 
ball; the dorsal and caudal fins are very small; it has no teeth, 
but an upper and lower rim of bone; it contains a double¬ 
shaped air vessel, which is used as a bottle by the natives. 
Kanae, a fish abundant in some parts of the coast, and also 
found in the Wangape, a fresh-water lake, seventy miles inland, 
near the Waikato. 
Kumukumu, is a red fish, with a hard horny skin ; it derives 
its name from the noise which it makes. 
Manga, or paro, a long narrow fish, with very minute scales, 
from two to four feet in length, like the blade of a sword ; the 
back dark green, the belly silvery white, having a dorsal fin 
running nearly its entire length. It is never caught, but is 
said to be killed by the frost, as it swims near the surface ; on 
a frosty morning, numbers are thrown upon the shore; it is 
highly esteemed. 
