The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*sabutu a fish, the emperor: Lethrinus spp.

POC sabutu a fish, the emperor: Lethrinus spp.

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Loniu saput yellow-spotted emperor: Lethrinus kallopterus
Motu dabutu black bream: Acanthopagrus berda
Tikopia saputu Lethrinus kallopterus
Rotuman saputu kind of fish
Tongan hoputu Lethrinus miniatus, possibly also Lutjanus gibbus