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The Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis), also known as the Hawaiian tenpounder or banana fish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Elopidae. It is sometimes referred to as the giant herring, though it is not closely related to the true herrings of the family Clupeidae. Its Hawaiian name is awa 'aua.
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
Bananafish or banana fish may refer to: "A Perfect Day for Bananafish", a short story by J. D. Salinger; Banana Fish, a manga series by Akimi Yoshida;
The younger brother of Alexis. He defied his brother's wishes to destroy banana fish and continues to develop and weaponize the drug for the Corsican mob into his adulthood. As a doctor during the Vietnam War, he tested banana fish on unknowing soldiers, including Griffin. Mannerheim (マナーハイム, Manāhaimu) Voiced by: Yōji Ueda [6]
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Name Symbolism Images Fish: Single fish Yu (鱼, lit. "fish") Wealth and abundance Carp jumping at the Dragon Gate: Success in the civil service examinations [7]: 63 Double fish Shuangyuwen (双鱼纹)/ Double fish [8] / twin fish: [9] two horizontal fishes, each facing an opposite direction Marital happiness; [8] fertility and abundance [9]
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Slawenski argues that Salinger's choice of the name Sybil for the little girl establishes an "unmistakable" correlation between Eliot's depiction of the Cumaean Sybil of Greek myth and Seymour's story of the bananafish. [10] The bananafish are "doomed by greed" and thus share the fate of Eliot's Sybil, "cursed by relentless existence." [10]