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surgeonfish

23 Kiribati words

• mako
  • Sabatier a reef fish, surgeon fish (poisonous).
  • Goo & Banner black surgeonfish (This is the largest of the surgeonfish and the most frequently poisonous; It is a dark drab fish with a very crescent shaped tail, a small spine and yellow pectoral fins.) (hh).
  • Luomala surgeonfish, unicornfish.
• ibabataranga
  • Luomala surgeonfish, unicornfish.
  • Luomala surgeonfish, unicornfish.
• koinawa
  • Goo & Banner convict fish (This is a very common surgeonfish and is entirely herbivorous; It is yellow grey with vertical black bars; It is considered safe to eat on most islands at the present time.) (hh).
  • Luomala surgeonfish, unicornfish.
• baba
  • Luomala surgeonfish, unicornfish.
• babakoinawa
  • Luomala surgeonfish, unicornfish.
• bokaboka
  • Luomala surgeonfish, unicornfish.
• ripa
  • Luomala surgeonfish, unicornfish.
• ripatanin
  • Luomala surgeonfish, unicornfish.
• riri
  • Luomala surgeonfish, unicornfish.
• ribabui
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (This very common small fish is black with very narrow blue lines; There is a closely related species which has tiny blue spots; the mouth is very small with peculiar long bristle-like movable teeth with which... s up minute algae and detritus from the sea bottom) (hh).
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
• riba
  • Sabatier a fish with spikes, surgeon fish.
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (They are deepbodied fish with small scales, small mouths, with fine teeth and are mainly herbivorous, but some of the larger species may be omnivorous) (hh).
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
• ribaroro
  • Sabatier a fish, surgeon fish.
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (hh).
• katawa
  • Sabatier a fish, Surgeon fish.
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
• nrakerake
  • Sabatier surgeon fish.
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
• nimanini
  • Sabatier (1) a tiny fish, surgeon fish.
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
• nimunai
  • Sabatier surgeon fish (Teuthis rostratus).
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
• ribanti
  • Sabatier a fish, surgeon fish.
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (a very common pretty surgeonfish with blue and yellow stripes) (hh).
• koinawaba
  • Sabatier a bigger species of Surgeon Fish.
  • Goo & Banner big-sized surgeonfish (ll).
• maeko
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
• reiba
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
• ribataukarawa
  • Goo & Banner surgeonfish (sm).
• ribabwi
  • Sabatier a fish, surgeon fish.
• niribariba
  • Sabatier (Acanthuridae sp.). young surgeon fish.