Common name of Katsuwonus pelamis
 
Common name Pirara
Language Tahitian
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Tahiti
Locality
Ref. Rensch, K.H., 1988
Life stage juveniles
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Name used to refer to young bonito weighing up to 4 lbs.; an obsolete term now replaced by the extended use of 'auhopu and equivalent to another local name, kopukopu and the fourth growth stage from 'auhopu (Ref. 12443); name also cited in Ref. 12396, 12397.
 
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