Common, Maori and Scientific Names
Wherever possible, the text throughout this report has used common plant and animal names in preference to scientific names. Where a species has no common English or Maori name, the scientific name is used in the text of this report. The various respective names (where known) for each species mentioned in the report are listed below.
| Algae2 | ||
| Bull kelp Flapjack Oak leaf weed Paddle kelp Sea lettuce Zigzag weed |
rimurapa karengo |
Durvillaea antarctica & D. willana Carpophyllum maschalocarpum Landsburgia quercifolia Ecklonia radiata Porphyra spp. and Ulva spp. Cystophora spp. |
| Vascular plants3 | ||
Coastal cress |
nau pingao remuremu oioi kahikatea manuka nikau rimu nau wiwi |
Lepidium flexicaule Sarcocornia quinqueflora Desmoschoenus spiralis Selliera radicans Leptocarpus similis Dacrycarpus dacridioides Leptospermum scoparium Rhopalostylis sapida Scirpus nodosus Dacrydium cupressinum Plagianthus divaricatus Austrofestuca littoralis Lepidium naufragorum Juncus krausii Samolus repens Euphorbia glauca |
| Invertebrates | ||
| Biscuit star Blue mussel Bubble shell Cancer crab Cockle Fiordland black coral Greenlip mussel Kina Littoral spider Marine caddisfly New Zealand sea daisy Octopus Open Bay Islands leech Red rock crab Red rock lobster Reef star Seven armed star Snakestail star Toheroa Triangle shell Tuatua Venus shell |
kutai kutai kina koura toheroa tuatua |
Pentagonaster pulchellus Mytilus galloprovincialis Haminoea zelandica Cancer novaezelandiae Austrovenus stutchburyi Antipathes fiordensis Perna canaliculus Evechinus chloroticus Amaurobioides spp. Philanisus plebeius Xyloplax medusiformis Octopus maorum Hirudobdella antipodum Plagusia chabrus Jasus edwardsii Stichaster australis Astrostole scabra Pectinura maculata Paphies ventricosa Spisula aequilateralis Paphies donacina and P. subtriangulata Dosinia spp |
Fish4 |
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| Albacore Barracouta Basking shark Black flounder Blue cod Blue-eyed triplefin Brown mudfish Estuarine stargazer Freshwater eel Frostfish Giant stargazer Giant triplefin Hake Hoki Lamprey Ling Long finned eel Lookdown dory Mottled brotula Mottled clingfish Olive rockfish Orange roughy Orange clingfish Pygmy sleeper Red cod Red gurnard Rig Rockling Scorpionfish Scarlet wrasse Sea perch Seahorse Sevengill shark (broadnose) Short finned eel Sixgill shark Snapper Spiny dogfish Tarakihi Thornfish Turbot White pointer shark Yellow-eyed mullet Whitebait/ native trout |
tuna mangaa reremai patikimohoao rawaru hauhau tuna tiikati tiikati hoki kanakana/ute hokarari tuna taumaka hoka kumukumu puwaiwhakarua pohuiakaroa kiore manaia tuatini tuna tatera tamure koinga tarakihi mangoo-taniwha aua - inanga - koaro & kokopu - giant kokopu - shortjaw kokopu |
Thunnus alalunga Thyrsites atun Cetorhinus maximus Rhombosolea retiaria Parapercis colias Notoclinops segmentatus Neochanna apoda Leptoscopus macropygus Anguilla spp. Lepidotus caudatus Kathetostoma giganteum Blennodon dorsale Merluccius australis Macruronus novaezelandiae Geotria australis Genypterus blacodes Anguilla dieffenbachii Cyttus traversi Bidenichthys consobrinus Gastroscyphus sp. cf hectori Acanthoclinus fusca Hoplostethus atlanticus Diplocrepis puniceus Thallaseleotris iota Pseudophycis bacchus Chelidonichthys kumu Mustelus lenticularis Gaidropsarus novaezelandiae Scorpaena papillosa Pseudolabrus miles Helicolenus percoides Hippocampus abdominalis Notorhynuchus cepedianus Anguilla australis Hexanchus griseus Pagrus auratus Squalus acanthias Nemadactylus macropterus Bovichtus variegatus Colistium nudipinnis Carcharodon carcharias Aldrichetta forsteri Galaxias maculatus Galaxias spp. Galaxias argenteus Galaxias postvectis |
| Reptiles | ||
| Open Bay Islands gecko Open Bay Islands skink |
Hoplodactylus sp. ‘Open Bay Islands’ Oligosoma sp. ‘Open Bay Islands’ |
| Birds5 | ||
| Australasian bittern Australasian gannet Banded dotterel Blackbacked gull Black shag Caspian tern Crested grebe Eastern bar-tailed godwit Fairy prion Fiordland crested penguin Grey duck Marsh crake Okarito brown kiwi Red billed gull Reef heron Royal spoonbill Salvin’s mollymawk Sooty shearwater Southern little blue penguin South Island fernbird Spotted shag Spotless crake Spur-winged plover Variable oystercatcher Welcome swallow Western weka Westland petrel White-fronted tern White heron |
matuku takapu tuturiwhatu karoro kawau taranui puteketeke kuaka titi-wainui tawaki parera koitareke rowi tarapunga matuku moana kotuku ngutu-papa titi korora matata parekareka putoto torea weka taiko tara kotuku |
Botaurus poiciloptilus Morus serrator Charadrius bicinctus Larus dominicanus Phalacrocorax carbo Hydroprgne caspia Podiceps australis Limosa lapponica Pachyptila turtur Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Anas superciliosa Porzana pusilla Apteryx sp. Larus novaehollandiae Egretta sacra Platalea regia Thallasarche salvini Puffinus griseus Eudyptula minor Bowdleria punctata Phalacrocorax punctatus Porzana tabuensis Lobibyx novaehollandiae Haemotopus unicolour Hirundo neoxena Gallirallus australis Procellaria westlandica Sterna striata Egretta alba modesta |
| Mammals6 | ||
| Andrews’ beaked whale Blue whale Bottlenose dolphin Common dolphin Dusky dolphin Goose-beaked whale Gray’s beaked whale Humpback whale Long-finned pilot whale Minke whale NZ fur seal Orca / killer whale Pygmy sperm whale Shepherd’s beaked whale Southern elephant seal Southern right whale South Is. Hector’s dolphin Sperm whale |
hakura aihe aihe aihe hakura hakura paikea kekeno hakura ihupuku tohora aihe paraoa |
Mesoplodon bowdoini Balaenoptera musculus Tursiops truncatus Delphinus delphis Lagenorhynchus obscurus Ziphius cavirostris Mesoplodon grayi Megaptera novaeangliae Globicephala melas Balaenoptera acutirostrata Arctocephalus forsteri Orcinus orca Kogia breviceps Tasmacetus shepherdi Mirounga leonina Eubalaena australis Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori Physeter macrocephalus |
| Adventive (introduced) species | ||
| Clubbed tunicate sea squirt Cord grass Gorse Japanese kelp Marram grass North Pacific sea star |
Styela clava Spartina spp. Ulex europaeus Undaria pinnatifida Ammophila arenaria Asterias amurensis |
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2 Adams 994
3 Gunson 983
4 Paulin et al 989
5 Parkinson 2000, Falla et al 983
6 Baker 999