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Symbol Description Year Image Source Bird: Nēnē Branta sandvicensis: Also known as the Hawaiian goose [5] Endemic tree: ʻŌhiʻa lehua Metrosideros polymorpha [6] Fish: Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa Rhinecanthus rectangulus: Also known as the reef triggerfish [7] Flower: Pua aloalo or maʻo hau hele Hibiscus brackenridgei A. Gray Also known as ...
The reef triggerfish was designated the official fish of Hawaii in 1985, [6] but due to an expiration of a Hawaiian state law after five years, it ceased to be the state fish in 1990. [7] On April 17, 2006, bill HB1982 was presented to the Governor of Hawaiʻi , which permanently reinstated the reef triggerfish ( humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa ) as ...
(sport fish) Micropterus dolomieu: 2005 [61] Channel catfish (state commercial fish) Ictalurus punctatus: 1987 [61] Texas: Guadalupe bass (freshwater) Micropterus treculii: 1989 [62] Red drum (saltwater) Sciaenops ocellatus: 2011 [62] Utah: Bonneville cutthroat trout: Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) 1997 [63] Vermont: Brook trout (cold ...
The seven native fish species regularly seen in fresh water are the flagtail Kuhlia xenura, the mullet Mugil cephalus, the gobies Awaous stamineus, Lentipes concolor, Sicyopterus stimpsoni and Stenogobius hawaiiensis, and the sleeper goby Eleotris sandwicensis. [6][7] Three of the gobies, A. stamineus, L. concolor and S. stimpsoni, are famous ...
The passage of the Admission Act in 1959, admitted Hawaii as the 50th State of the United States of America on August 21, 1959. The seal of the Territory of Hawaii was the same as the seal of the republic, except that it had "Territory of Hawaii" placed at the top and "1900" (signifying the year that the territorial government officially was ...
12/01/1978. The Hawaii State Capitol is the official statehouse or capitol building of the U.S. state of Hawaii. From its chambers, the executive and legislative branches perform the duties involved in governing the state. The Hawaii State Legislature —composed of the twenty-five member Hawaii State Senate led by the President of the Senate ...
Commonly caught fish in Hawaiian waters for poke, found at local seafood counters include (alternate Japanese names are indicated in parentheses): [1] [2] [3] ʻAhi pālaha: albacore tuna (tombo) ʻAhi: bigeye tuna (mebachi) ʻAhi: yellowfin tuna (kihada) Aku: skipjack tuna (katsuo) Aʻu: blue marlin (kajiki), striped marlin (nairagi ...
This is a list of official state shells for those states of the United States that have chosen to select one as part of their state insignia. [1] In 1965, North Carolina was the first state to designate an official state shell, the Scotch bonnet. Since then, 14 other states have designated an official state shell.