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TaJceke, is the smelt, which is much the same as the European. 
Papaki, is a kind of cat-fish, having two curious projections 
like feet, and the ventral fins united. 
Tamure, kouarea, (the snapper) is a large fish like the bream: 
it is very abundant, and the most generally taken of all. 
Puraruraru, is a red fish streaked, with spines on the back 
and fins : it is not eaten. 
Tawatawa, is about the same size as the kahawai, or mackerel, 
which it closely resembles in color and general form. There is 
a saying of this fish, “ Me te kiri tawatawa ka takato o te tangata 
nei ,"—“As the skin of the tawatawa when caught, so is the 
skin of the man when slain.” 
Raumarie , a beautiful fish, shaped like a mackerel. 
Tuere, a kind of lamprey, about two feet long; it has 
several small feelers attached to the head, and has a broad flat 
tail; the color is dark brown ; the body is of uniform thick¬ 
ness, the same as th z pilmpihamu. 
Uku oru, a variety of the ray, tutuira. 
Warehou, ivarelienga, a fish found on rocky coasts; it 
attains a length of two feet by eighteen inches in width; it 
resembles the kahawai, but is much superior to it in flavor. 
Hako, a large fish like the salmon (brosmius venustus .) 
Hoka, a fish about two feet long, of a reddish color, with 
small scales. 
Puhaiao, a small black and red fish. There is a saying, if 
this be taken, the liapuku is sure also to be caught. 
Matawa, a large fish, nearly twenty feet long, narrow in 
proportion; very oily. 
Huranga, a large oily scaleless fish, resembling the shark. 
Earn. Chimceridoe, (callorhynchus antarcticas,) repe repe. 
New Zealand has no large fresh-water fish. The only 
exception is the tuna, or eel; there are many varieties of 
it, and almost all the other fresh-water fish partake more or 
less of a similar character. The number of names given to 
this fish, and the careful way they have noticed every little 
difference between one and another, clearly shows the great 
value the natives put upon it. The eel attains a very large 
