1879. W. Colenso, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,' vol. xii. art. vii. p. 118:
"The tamure is the snapper (Pagrus unicolor), a common fish on all the coasts."
<hw>Tandan</hw>, <i>n</i>. the aboriginal name for the <i>Catfish (q</i>.v.) or <i>Eel-fish</i> (q.v.), <i>Copidoglanis tandanus</i>, Mitchell (or <i>Plotosus tandanus</i>). Mitchell, who first discovered and described the Cat-fish, called it the <i>Tandan</i>, or <i>Eel-fish</i>.
1838. T. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' pp. 44, 45, pl. 5:
"In this piece of water we caught some small fish, two of them being of a rather singular kind, resembling an eel in the head and shape of the tail."
[p. 45]: "On my return to the camp in the evening, I made a drawing of the eel fish which we had caught early in the day (fig. 2, pl. 5)."
<hw>Tanekaha</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name of a New Zealand tree; also called <i>Celery-topped Pine</i>, <i>Phyllocladus trichomanoides</i>, Don., <i>N.O. Coniferae</i>.
1875. T. Laslett, `Timber and Timber Trees,' p. 306:
"The Tanakaha Tree (<i>Podocarpus asplenifolius</i>) is found scattered over a large portion of the northern island of New Zealand. . . Height, sixty to eighty feet. . . The wood is close and straight in the grain. . . It works up well, is tough and very strong; so much so that the New Zealanders say it is the `strong man' among their forest trees."
1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 125: