kaabusii Blackspot Snapper

Part of Speech n2
    • Blackspot Snapper
      • animals, fishes
    • Scientific Name Lutjanus ehrenbergii ; Luthjanidae
      • Example 2566:
        A kaabusii a iana a sii beera. Na teitei batari namana, tea maa kopua ae rapana kasuana ei beo puhana. A kaabusii a maramara gogooravi, rihina vihi nae he e ta paru. O kaabusii na aniani batari bona maa taba vaarii to vurahe bata rirori tea ahono, teo vasu ae teo kasuana. A iana vai na aniani ria tavaan. A meha kaabusii na dao riori bona kaabusii sinarona, a kaabusii bona a beera bara gogooravi, na potee vasiihum koana bona sinarona tea tara teve.
        The Blackspot Snapper is quite a big fish. They stay in the ocean, in the lagoons, and near the beach when it is high tide. The Blackspot Snapper is reddish, but near its tail there is a black spot. The Blackspot Snappers eat the things that they find in the green seaweed, between the stones, and in the sand. This fish is eaten by the people. Another Blackspot Snapper is called kaabusii sinarona, this Blackspot Snapper is big and red, it is a bit like the Red Snapper in its appearance.
        Source: Vaa 09W 153-159
      • Example 2567:
        Beara araa tea maa hana taataana, eara repaa rahi rio iana vaa teo hum bona, ei o kaabusii, pasuaromo, raarata.
        When we angle at the places where we can walk during low tide, we catch the fish of that area, that is the Blackspot Snapper, pasuaromo emperor and Halfbanded Seaperch.
        Source: Eno 16W 006

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  • See also:
    • sinarona Red Snapper, a red fish similar to the aranavi
    • maramara a bit; sort of