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-agha

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v/a 1. glad, happy; 2. hug, hold (onto a person)

-akwaiakwai

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v. make twine (by rolling on one’s leg or on one’s thigh)

-akwmɨni

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v 1. feed (as a child or animal); fill (as a hole)

-anhɨn

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v intr see

-anás

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v intr splatter, scatter, spread, disperse

-arpikou

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v intr twitch, jerk about (as a dying fish), slither (as a snake), flop about

-arukwáu

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v intr intersect, cross, lie across

-aruéi

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v go astray, lose one’s way, walk off a trail

-asevur

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v 1. open (as a door), open up (as a trunk or other closed object); 2. clear or empty out (as dirt from a hole), reveal

-askɨn

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v 1. wring, squeeze through a strainer (as kava); 2. walk with a cane

-atakina

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v bathe a child ritually for the first time

akutamirhi reya

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catch the hen

apenapena

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anywhere

araii nukuanek

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v cut my hair

(Bislama) katem hair blo mi

arer

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v. stand (imperative)

aruwai nerei

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peeled taro (skin out)

(Bislama) skinimtaro

asua ia trak

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v push something, like a car or tree

(Bislama) pusum trak

awsaskringi napuaii

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splet dry coconut intwo pieces

faga

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type of sea urchin

ia-kerip ia nɨfaga

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I shoot an arrow

iakunouihi

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boy children

iambus

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kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh and is easy to grow

Example: Has a spreading habit in the garden. The tuber is soft and easy to boil

Ianɨtim

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Aneityum

kapa

Lutjanus bohar http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-bohar.html
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Two-spot red snapper, twinspot snapper, red bass

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kapajiko

Lutjanus gibbus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-gibbus.html
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Humpback red snapper, paddletail

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kapofe

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head

kekwáu

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n gecko

kesakwesa

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n. kind of breadfruit

keva

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how many? how much?

kmtameta, tanpiteu

When a person has diarrhea with blood (dysentery) , this is the plant medicine used to treat it. Take leaves and squeeze juice into a cup of water and give this to the person who is ill.  One teaspoon for young children and for an adult 1 full cup in the morning each day until fully cured.
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n. low-growing herb, growing in dense forest heavily impacted by cyclone. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3259)

Example: When a person has diarrhea with blood (dysentery) , this is the plant medicine used to treat it. Take leaves and squeeze juice into a cup of water and give this to the person who is ill. One teaspoon for young children and for an adult 1 full cup in the morning each day until fully cured.

konuwak arwerew

Cephalopholis sexmaculata http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-sexmaculata.html
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Sixblotch hind, saddle grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kourmhin

Micropsitta bruijnii rosea
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Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot

koutkout

Petroica multicolor septentrionalis
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Pacific Robin

Example: Photo by Paul Balfe / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

kuankuanae

Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5085)

Example: Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.

kurarurar

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n month name (archaic) corresponding to September

kwarumun

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n parrot finch

kwiahi

kwiahi
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hermit crab

kɨkɨtɨn

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n. baked vegetable food eaten along with meat, food baked in an earth oven (other than tuber puddings)

mai mai

Coryphaena hippurus http://fishbase.org/summary/Coryphaena-hippurus.html
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Common dolphinfish, mahi mahi

(Bislama) Mahi Mahi

Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

mai nakukua

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n. paper

nageruk

Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox. Fuel: Used as a firewood.
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[naŋe̤:ruk] n. tree, 13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3024)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox. Fuel: Used as a firewood.

naker

Food: Young leaves are eaten cooked.
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[nakɨr] n. terrestrial fern, 1 to 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3027)

Example: Food: Young leaves are eaten cooked.

nakogár

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n. kind of tree

nakua tanna

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[nakua tanna] riverbed

nakus nani kiri

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nakwa numun

nakwa numun
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[nakwanumɨn] rock earth oven

namiraou

The wood is used to make house posts, it is said to be very hard. It is also burned for firewood.
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[nami̤rou] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3074)

Example: The wood is used to make house posts, it is said to be very hard. It is also burned for firewood.

napoti sarariman

Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-flavomaculatus.html
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Lemonfish, gold-spotted sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Richard Ling / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

napuer

Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.
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n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3013)

Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.

nare-apurumɨn

When performing the kastom ceremony "toka dance" the leaves are wrapped in a band and tied on the head of dancers.
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n. herbs, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3229)

Example: When performing the kastom ceremony "toka dance" the leaves are wrapped in a band and tied on the head of dancers.

nasemer

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kind of breadfruit, produces a very long stem, the highest of any breadfruit, and then forms fruits when it becomes a very tall tree

Example: The wood is no good for making canoes as it is too soft

natgamera

(moss)
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[natnə̤mi̤ra] n. petrophyte, growing in deep shade (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3115)

navegɨnien

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food

nek-ke-hmap

This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist
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n. herb to 2 m tall, growing on the edge of a homestead (collection: Michael J. Balick #4723)

Example: This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist

nekafae

Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5046)

Example: Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.

nevo

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algae

newahu

Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5114)

Example: Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.

ngarehma

This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.
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n. shrub, 4-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3090)

Example: This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.

niar

Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.
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n. tree to 30 m, dbh 2 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4738)

Example: Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.

nimituak

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n. high prestige yam

nimriki rangum

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n armpit

nipina

When young boys are circumcized, the leaf is mashed and rubbed on the skin of the boys who are sleeping in the nakamal--and mix with coconut oil to help hold it on the body. Said to help the person have better, smoother skin.
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[hipi:na] n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3149)

Example: When young boys are circumcized, the leaf is mashed and rubbed on the skin of the boys who are sleeping in the nakamal--and mix with coconut oil to help hold it on the body. Said to help the person have better, smoother skin.

nipiry

Cook young leaves in water for 5 min and then eat.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5102)

Example: Cook young leaves in water for 5 min and then eat.

nisei

For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menustration), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5031)

Example: For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menustration), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).

noawatikerehy

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kind of breadfruit, has small fruits that are more oblong than round

Example: The stem of this variety is good for canoe-making as it will last for many years of use

nukwasikar

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afternoon

numrhi iesukw

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n. fur of mouse or rat

Nɑgɨaŋien

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happiness

nɨfaga

nɨfaga
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kind of cone shell

nɨmakeke

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coral

nɨmeyev

Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5060)

Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

nɨsori

Cut branches, dry in the sun until the leaves fall out,and then  tie branches together to make broom. Stem used for canoe outrigger.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5145)

Example: Cut branches, dry in the sun until the leaves fall out,and then tie branches together to make broom. Stem used for canoe outrigger.

parapu

parapu
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wind direction from the north

parou meta

Plectropomus maculatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-maculatus.html
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Spotted coralgrouper

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pendkos

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kind of taro, has white flesh

Example: Is a soft taro variety good for boiling or roasting. It grows very tall

pepheer pitew

Plectorhinchus albovittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-albovittatus.html
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Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

phumha tasiapen

Caesio caerulaurea http://fishbase.org/summary/Caesio-caerulaurea.html
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Blue and gold fusilier, scissortail fusilier (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / Fishwise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

piak narmitaik

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my elder brother

pirawa ~ firawa

Lethrinus harak http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-harak.html
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Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pwei

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kind of fish: spiny puffer?

ramerouk ia karwatereii

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throw the stone

(Bislama) sakem stone

remɨn

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n. lemon (Bislama?)

(Bislama) remƗn

riminhik

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my dad

Skobak

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n honeycomb

Suatouk Rusek

Suatouk Rusek
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n fork in the road

taeck itonga

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kind of plantain from Tonga

Example: Used for cooking

Takiaew sei tasi

Chromodoris lochi https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201640-Chromodoris-lochi
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Loch’s Chromodoris

Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Takiaew sei tasi

Hexabranchus sanguineus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244849-Hexabranchus-sanguineus
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Spanish Dancer

Example: via inaturalist.org

tapatou

Sphyraena barracuda http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-barracuda.html
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Great barracuda

(Bislama) Barracuda

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

tarigiaván

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kind of seaweed

tautau

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n. small flying fox

tera

If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5116)

Example: If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.

terag

Medicine: This plant is used to relieve itchiness. Green leaves are rubbed on an area to reduce the sensation.
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[te:raŋ] n. shrub re-growing from fallen tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3003)

Example: Medicine: This plant is used to relieve itchiness. Green leaves are rubbed on an area to reduce the sensation.

tuvái

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n. kind of tree (best wood for making bows)

tɨtua

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garden bed

ume

Naso brevirostris http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-brevirostris.html
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Spotted Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

yakamema

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v I am sick

(Bislama) mi sik

yakuonapirawa

Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5118)

Example: Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.

yangawhir ~ yaniawir

Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0
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Roundjaw bonefish

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

yapha

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Bluespine Unicornfish, silver color with horn