This fish type has head up and a straight tail (not bent as in GD62). Fins are seen on one or both sides (whereas the fishes in GD38 have no fins on the sides). There are few glyphs of this type in Tahua. As one example we may point at Aa6-67:
In Aa1-61 we have also a glyph with GD27-characteristics (the right part):
But to see this is not easy. There is only one 'fin' at the side and the head is probably drawn to allude to another type of glyph. The tail is only hinted at. There are two more examples (Ab3-35 and Ab3-37) with only one side 'fin' (though located on the opposite side):
The tails are tiny. Ab3-35 and Ab3-37 can be used as stepping stones to dare identify the right part of Aa1-61 as GD27. Aa1-68, just a few glyphs away from Aa1-61, also strengthen the case for identifying Aa1-61 as GD27:
Here we cannot see an open mouth. But that is no problem - glyphs may be assigned to GD27 even if the mouth is closed. Clearly there are side fins in Aa1-68 and clearly we see a kind of fish, Aa1-68 must belong to GD27. GD27 may have fins converted into arms and legs, e.g. Ab2-50:
Or fins may be converted into other members, as in e.g. Ab2-63 and Aa7-29:
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