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NATURAL HISTORY. 
Fam. Scyllium. (squalus lima). — Mango, this name is given 
to the dog-fish as well as the shark; it abounds on the New 
Zealand shores, and is taken in great numbers; some of them 
attain a very large size, and will snap off a man’s leg. Mango 
pare (squalus zygcena) hammer-headed shark. 
Tuatini is a species of shark, often taken ten feet long; it 
is very savage. The teeth were set in rows, and formerly used 
as knives for cutting up human bodies for the oven. 
Nga, a gelatinous fish, from one to two feet long, somewhat 
like a thick eel; the whalers call it a squid. 
Maroro , the flying-fish ; it is sometimes near two feet long, 
and is considered very good eating. ( Exocetus exiliens et 
volitans .) 
Mold, (latris ciliaris,) the haddock. Some call it the rock 
cod : it is about fourteen inches long, and in flavor more like 
the cod than the other fish which goes by its name. 
Ngoiro, and koiro , the conger eel, is very similar to the 
European one; it is frequently taken, and esteemed good 
eating. It is a very savage fish. 
Pakaurua, wae, the stingy ray. This remarkable fish is 
very abundant in shallow waters ; it frequently attains a great 
size, and is often nearly two feet in breadth, has a long tail, and 
barbed bone beneath, with which it inflicts very dangerous 
wounds, from the effects of which many have died. ( Raia 
rostrata.) 
Patiki, common name for the sole and flat-fish ; the latter is 
found in rivers, but decreases in size as it retires from the sea; 
at one hundred miles inland, it is not more than two inches in 
diameter. {Rhombus plebeius.) 
Ngelie, a rock fish, curiously spotted white and brown. 
Pihapiliarau (the lamprey), is almost eighteen inches long, of 
a silvery color; there is a saying, “No Rangiriri te pihapiharau," 
“ The lamprey comes from the fountain of Rangiriri.” The 
name of the fish is derived from its many gills. It is taken 
in large quantities by pas, or weirs. 
Rari, is a large fish, with two long white appendages to its 
lower jaw, it is about the size of the cod, and much resembles 
it both in appearance and flavor. 
