taninii Barred Spanish Mackerel

• • Barred Spanish Mackerel
  • • animals, fishes

  Scientific Name

  Scomberomorus commerson ; Scombridae

  • • Example 7086:
      

      A taninii a iana to tei nana namana na teitei batana rapana namana mee, a taninii a iana a beera, a suin nae na kakaavoo nana, eove he amaa siihum rahirahi ge tokotoko paru vareko, eove he be beera oha ore paa tara vaparu a suin nae. A iana bona na aniani riori.

      The Barred Spanish Mackerel is a fish that stays in the ocean, it also stays at the side of the ocean. The Barred Spanish Mackerel is a big fish, its body is white, but it has little black stripes or spots, but when it grows up, its body looks black. This fish is eaten.

      Source: Vaa 09W 367-372

    • Example 7087:
      

      A taninii na rahi raara tea huuhua ge tea agaagaa ge tea tasu kihi.

      We catch the Barred Spanish Mackerel while paddling or floating or angling with the tasukihi hook.

      Source: Eno 11W 211

    • Example 7088:
      

      A taninii a meha iana vaa namana. A iana bona a beera bara bebeahu. Amaa meha maa vuri a iana bona ore paa abana hiava namana. A taninii to paku maa riori bona tin iana.

      The Barred Spanish Mackerel is another fish of the deep-sea. This fish is big and long. Sometimes this fish jumps high up out of the ocean. The Barred Spanish Mackerel is used for tinfish.

      Source: Sii 46W 097-100

    • Example 7089:
      

      Na rahirahi riori bona kanono. Saka kana haa riori bona kave.

      They catch it with a string. They don't catch it with a net.

      Source: Jub 02W 063-064

Related entries

• See also:
  • agaagaa fish while sitting in a floating canoe
  • huuhua² paddling, kind of fishing
  • rahi¹ pull something; catch something (with a string)
  • tasu kihi angle with a hook stuck in a coconut leaf in which a little stone is wrapped
  • abana² jump
  • iana vaa namana fish of the ocean; fish of the deep sea