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Reef triggerfish
The black triggerfish or black durgon ( Melichthys niger ), called Humuhumu'ele'ele in Hawaiian, is a blimp-shaped triggerfish with bright white lines running along its dorsal and anal fins. From distance, it appears to be completely black. However, upon closer inspection with good lighting, one can see that it is actually mottled dark-blue ...
List of fish of Hawaii
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 ...
Forcipiger longirostris, commonly known as the longnose butterflyfish or big longnose butterflyfish, [2] is a species of butterflyfish found on coral reefs throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. [3] Even with its distinctive, point-like long nose, the longnose butterflyfish still can easily be confused with its more common cousin F ...
Lomi oio. Lomi ʻōʻio is a raw fish dish in traditional Hawaiian cuisine using ʻōʻio (bonefish). [1][2][3] This dish is an heirloom recipe fairly unchanged since pre-contact Hawaii, and is a precursor or progenitor to the more well-known but en vogue poke seen today. [4]
Balistidae. Genus: Rhinecanthus. Species: R. aculeatus. Binomial name. Rhinecanthus aculeatus. (Linnaeus, 1758) The lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), also known as the blackbar triggerfish, the Picasso triggerfish, or the Picassofish, is a triggerfish, up to 30 cm in length, found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region.
Ancient Hawaiian aquaculture