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Kōrero: Coastal shoreline

Cockabully

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Cockabully

The cockabully is a familiar sight in New Zealand rock pools. (The name is possibly a corruption of the Māori word kokapuru, for a small fish). New Zealand has at least 40 fish species that could be described as cockabullies.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Melanie Lovell-Smith

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Maggy Wassilieff, Coastal shoreline – Rock pools and boulder shores, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4821/cockabully (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.