urupi Rainbow Runner

• • Rainbow Runner
  • • animals, fishes

  Scientific Name

  Elagatis bipinnulata ; Carangidae

  • • Example 7774:
      

      O urupi a meha hena nae a pereke. A iana vai na teitei nana rapana namana bara tobina namana. A koma kakaavoo, a toon nae na maramara kakaavoo ge namanamana nana. A iana vai a nin mataa rakaha. Na rahi riori bona kanono.

      The urupi (Rainbow Runner) has also the name pereke. The fish lives near the ocean and in the middle of the ocean. Its belly is white, its back is grey or blue. This fish has a very good taste. They catch it with a string.

      Source: Vaa 09W 410-414

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• See also:
  • pereke Rainbow Runner; jack
  • maramara a bit; sort of
  • rapana namana side of the ocean; near the ocean