paeri kind of rabbitfish; spinefoot

• • kind of rabbitfish; spinefoot
  • • animals, fishes

  Scientific Name

  Siganidae

  • • Example 5243:
      

      A paeri a bero komana tahii. A iana vai a paeri a iana a mataa kurus.

      There are many spinefoots in the sea. This fish, the spinefoot, is a very good fish.

      Source: SiiSen 01W 430-431

    • Example 5244:
      

      Paeri. A kapa nae na tei me nana bona maa rahirahi to maramara paru vasiihum batana bara mata rahi kasikasiree. Na aniani nana bono vahara iana, kobaa, pesuu bara amaa taba to antee nae tea an. Na teitei batana rapana namana. Na aniani ria tavaan. Na rahi riori bona kanono bara na kana riori bona kave.

      Spinefoot. Its skin has stripes that are a bit dark and some yellow stripes. It feeds on little fish, hermit crabs, brown seagrass, and the things that it can eat. It stays near the ocean. It is eaten by the people. They catch it with a string or catch it with a net.

      Source: Jub 02W 052-058

    • Example 5245:
      

      A paeri na gono koa raara tea kave ge tea tahitahi ge tea sunuu taataana. Nomana na rahi raara bona sitiring beara beana nia kaukau tea taragao.

      We catch the spinefoot in a net or by spearing it or when we walk on the reef with torches. Today, we catch them with a plastic line when we use a sweet potato as a bait on the taragau hook.

      Source: Eno 11W 165-167

    • Example 5246:
      

      Enaa na rake nom tea paraim a iana vai o paeri.

      I want to fry this fish, a rabbitfish.

      Source: SiiSen 01W 432

Related entries

• See also:
  • kasikasiree yellow
  • paraim fry something
  • rahi² stripe
  • rahirahi³ stripes