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 |
|---|---|---|
| Samoan | Afulu | Small goatfish |
| Nukuoro | Alaala | Two species of Jack |
| Tokelau | Alaala | Striped Jack (Carangoides gilberti) |
| Samoan | Alaala/futu, lala/futu | Caranx sp. |
| Anuta | Ari | Flounder |
| Pukapuka | Ali | Left-eye Flounder (Bothus mancus) |
| Samoan | Alogo | Zebra Surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus) |
| Tokelau | Alogo | Surgeonfish sp. (Ctenochaetus striatus) |
| Samoan | Aso | White-tipped Shark |
| Hawaiian | Aku | Bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis) |
| Tokelau | Atu | Bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis) |
| Tokelau | Atule | Silver Scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) |
| Kapingamarangi | Hu/oua/ | Young mullet |
| Rarotongan | ʔAua | Small, silvery-grey fish ; (Neomyxus chaptalii) when small |
| Samoan | Aua | Mugil sp. |
| Tokelau | Aua | Silvery mullet (Neomyxus chaptalii) |
| Tongan | ʔAua | Mullet sp. |
| Tokelau | Ava | Milkfish, Salmon Herring (Chanos chanos) |
| Tupuaki | Ava/ava | Milkfish or Salmon Herring (Chanos chanos) |
| Pukapuka | Eve | (Epinephelus hexagonatus) |
| Tokelau | Eve | (Epinephelus hexagonatus), Orange Sea Bass |
| Tuamotu | V/eve | (Epinephelus hexagonatus) and (Epinephelus merra) |
| Marquesas | Haahaaʔua. Fafaʔua (MQS), hahaʔua (MQN) (Atl). | (Manta alfredi), Manta Ray. |
| Tahitian | Faafaa/piti | Manta ray (Manta alfredi) Problematic |
| Tokelau | Fai/kili/ | (Himantura spp.) |
| Marquesas | Haʔoa | (Epinephelus tauvina). Mérou lutre, loch mouchetée; Greasy Grouper (MQN) (Atl). |
| Mangareva | ʔAroa | (Epinephelus tauvina). (+ E. melanostigma) (Rch). |
| Pukapuka | Waaloa | (Epinephelus tauvina) |
| Tahitian | Faaroa | Spotted sea bass (Epinephelus tauvina). Mérou (Epinephelus areolatus) (Lmt). |
| Tokelau | Faaloa | (Epinephelus tauvina) |
| Tokelau | Faapuku | Marbled Sea-bass (Epinephelus microdon) |
| Tongan | Faapuku | Fish sp. (Epinephelus merra) and other small cod |
| Tokelau | Foki | Also, and, too, again |
| Kapingamarangi | Ngadala | (Epinephelus sp.) |
| Nukuoro | Ngadala | (Epinephelus sp.) |
| Rennellese | Ngataga | General name for Rock Cods |
| Samoan | Gatala | Several (Epinephelus) and (Cephalopolis spp.) |
| Tahitian | ʔAtara | (Epinephelus socialis). Loche marbrée (Epinephelus polyphekadion) (Bct). |
| Tokelau | Gatala | Honeycomb Sea Bass (Epinephelus merra) |
| Tongan | Ngatala | Several (Epinephelus) and (Cephalopolis spp.) |
| Tokelau | Aga | Hand-span (used as a measuring-unit) |
| Pukapuka | Aku/aku | Platybelone sp. |
| Marquesas | ʔApi/ʔapi. Api/api (Atl). | Acanthurus guttatus. Chirurgien moucheté, chirurgien moutarde; Spotted Surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus) (Atl). |
| Nukuoro | Abi | Acanthurus guttatus |
| Rarotongan | Api | Acanthurus guttatus |
| Tokelau | Api | Spotted Surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus) |
| Tahitian | Ira | A term embracing several kinds of illness . |
| Rarotongan | Kaʔa | (Mugil vaigiensis) |
| Samoan | ʔAfa | (Mugil vaigiensis) |
| Tokelau | Kafa | Diamond-scaled Mullet (Mugil vaigiensis) |
