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Maori name for a fishof New Zealand, the Silver-Mullet, Mugil perusii or argenteus.
1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'(C.M.S.), p. 158:
«Kanae, s. The mullet fish.»
1888. Order in Council, New Zealand, Jan. 10, `Regulationsunder the Fisheries Conservation Act':
«The months of December, January, and February in each yearare here prescribed a close season for the fish of the speciesof the mugil known as mullet or kanae.»