hoohoa kind of needlefish

• • kind of needlefish
  • • animals, fishes

  Scientific Name

  Belonidae

  • • Example 187:
      

      O iana to hanahana rori, eiei o iana to vavaavihi rori ei hoohoa, ponpon, a anahi ae a paroparoo.

      The fish that are caught in the net are those fish that travel, that is the hoohoa needlefish, the ponpon needlefish, the mullet, and the young trevally.

      Source: Eno 16W 025

    • Example 343:
      

      E Rasiu paa rahi mau bona hoohoa bona ariono teve.

      Rasiu has caught a hoohoa needlefish with his ariono-line.

      Source: SiiSen 01W 018

    • Example 2213:
      

      Hoohoa. A iana a tokeree bara bebeahu. A ihunae a kakaniva. Na aniani nana bono pohamana, evo bara kuihaa. Na teitei nana namana. Beo puhana ore paa kao gunaha vo maa tea maa kopua. Na aniani ria ta vaan.

      Needlefish. The fish is slim and long. Its nose is sharp. It eats the pohamana flying fish, the mackerel and the kuiha silverside. It stays in the ocean. When it is high tide, it comes down to the lagoons. It is eaten by the people.

      Source: Jub 02W 011-017

Related entries

• See also:
  • evo mackerel
  • kuihaa silverside
  • pohamana flying fish
  • ponpon¹ kind of needlefish
  • araaraa hoohoa angle needlefish
  • buha dolphin
  • ihu¹ nose (of humans and animals); beak
  • kakaniva sharp; pointed
  • kao gunaha go down; move down; come down; come ashore; walk ashore (on the reef at low tide)
  • kara ahono stalk of green seaweed
  • mabuu² kind of trumpetfish
  • tokeree slim