Tōtara (ika)

Ko te tōtara he momo ika me te kiri koikoi a noho ana, e ruinga ana i ngā moana pārūrū pērā i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao he Diodon hystrix."Diodon hystrix - Porcupinefish". Cook Islands Biodiversity. The Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust. 2007.

Kaore tēnei ika e noho i te wai moana ā-Aotearoa. Nō reira, i ingoatia te rākau tōtara (Podocarpus totara) mā te maumahara ki tēnei ika ritea mai te kitenga o tona raurau koikoi.R. A. Benton (2010). "Tōtara". Te Māra Reo. Benton Family Trust.

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