Entries from Hooper 1994 in Pollex-Online
Hooper, R. (1994). Reconstructing Proto Polynesian fish names. Austronesian terminologies: continuity and change. A. Pawley and M. Ross. Canberra, Pacific Linguistics: 185-230.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Kalooma | A small fish ; yellow mullet ; young goatfish (both vete and memea) |
| Pukapuka | Ie | Hyporhampus acutus and other spp. of Halfbeak Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Lai | Fish sp. (Scomberoides sancti-petri) ; Scomberoides lysan |
| Pukapuka | Luuluuau | Moorish Idol (Zanclus canescens) |
| Pukapuka | Loi | Sea bass (Cephalopolis argus) |
| Pukapuka | Lui | (Caranx lugubris) |
| Pukapuka | Lupo/lupo | Juvenile (Caranx) |
| Pukapuka | Mangoo | General name for sharks |
| Pukapuka | Malatea | (Cheilinus undulatus) |
| Pukapuka | Manini | (Acanthurus triostegus) |
| Pukapuka | Nanue | A fish (Kyphosus sp.) |
| Pukapuka | Paala | Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) |
| Pukapuka | Papo | (Cheilinus trilobatus) ; Scarlet-breasted Maori-Wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus) |
| Pukapuka | Papo/papo | (Cheilinus trilobatus) when juvenile |
| Pukapuka | Pui | Small sp. of eel Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Yipa | Young flying-fish |
| Pukapuka | Taniwa | A fierce shark |
| Pukapuka | Tavatava | (Gymnosarda unicolor) |
| Pukapuka | Tuupoupou | Trumpet Fish (Aulostomus valentini) |
| Pukapuka | Ulua | Big-head Jack (Caranx ignobilis) |
| Rapa | Takape | Lutjanus kasmira |
| Rarotongan | ʔAua | Small, silvery-grey fish ; (Neomyxus chaptalii) when small |
| Rarotongan | Api | Acanthurus guttatus |
| Rarotongan | Kaʔa | (Mugil vaigiensis) |
| Rarotongan | Koama | A small, silvery fish caught in shoals along the beach ; young vete, 6 inches |
| Rarotongan | Patuki/roi/ | Fish sp (Cephalopolis sp.) |
| Rarotongan | Ruʔi | (Caranx lugubris) |
| Rarotongan | Maratea | (Cheilinus undulatus) |
| Rarotongan | Parangi | A surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus) |
| Rarotongan | ʔUe/ʔue | Globefish, Pufferfish |
| Rarotongan | Tiʔitiʔi | Butterfly fish |
| Rarotongan | Varu | (Gymnosarda unicolor) |
| Rennellese | Ngataga | General name for Rock Cods |
| Rennellese | Lalawi | Young (Cheilinus undulatus) Phonologically Irregular |
| Rennellese | Gaugauhau | Butterfly fish, when dominantly striped |
| Rennellese | Papu | Several kinds of dark-brown Wrasse |
| Rennellese | Sasabe | General name for Flying-fish |
| Rennellese | Ugabi | Parrot Fish with long pointed head |
| Samoan | Afulu | Small goatfish |
| Samoan | Alaala/futu, lala/futu | Caranx sp. |
| Samoan | Alogo | Zebra Surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus) |
| Samoan | Aso | White-tipped Shark |
| Samoan | Aua | Mugil sp. |
| Samoan | Gatala | Several (Epinephelus) and (Cephalopolis spp.) |
| Samoan | ʔAfa | (Mugil vaigiensis) |
| Samoan | Lai | (Scomberoides sancti-petri) |
| Samoan | Laulaufau | Heniochus sp. |
| Samoan | Memea | Goatfish sp. |
| Samoan | Nanue | A fish (Kyphosus sp.) |
| Samoan | Safole | Kuhlia sp. |
