Maori name for a New Zealand fish;any species of Galaxias, especially G. fasciatus;corrupted into Cock-a-bully (q.v.). See MountainTrout.
1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'(Church Missionary Society), p. 106:
«Kokopu. Name of a certain fish.»
1886. R. A. Sherrin, `Fishes of New Zealand,' p. 138:
«`Kokopu,' Dr.Hector says, `is the general Maori name forseveral very common fishes in the New Zealand streams andlakes, belonging to the family of Galaxidae.'»