weke'ula (vay-kay-OO-lah) Orange goatfish, often shortened to weke Local Food Names & Misc. Named after the island of Oahu by the first American sailors who caught it here. Largest of the jacks, the most important of the local shoreline sportfish mature aukea are often 130 lbs or more wahanui (VAH-ha-NEW-ee) (lit: "big mouth") Forktail snapper, another "jobfish" an introduced nearshore food fish found on Molokai, Maui and Big Island - a particularly good-eating small fish (2 - 3 lbs) that is now a major vector for the ciguatera toxin ( Aphareus furca) wahoo (like you sound when you catch one) a mackeral with lotsa teeth also known as ono. shibi (Japanese) immature ahi or yellowfin tuna ta'ape (tah-AH-pay) (tahitian) Bluestripe snapper Lutjanus kasmira (locally called the Tahitian snapper) originally introduced from the Marquesas as a food fish, has now become a bit of a pest table boss (english) Hawaiian hogfish - in the wrasse family, but better-tasting than the herbivorous parrotfish uhu parrotfish - never caught on a line, (they're herbivores) uku grey snapper green jobfish (yuk! Who calls it that?!) ( Aprions virescens) ulua any mature fish of the trevally or jack family a papio weighing over 10 lbs ulua aukea White ulua Giant trevally (GT). the Forster's hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) roi (Japanese) peacock grouper, unfortunately becoming a vector for ciguatera toxin on all Islands ( Cephalophilois argus) introduced from Indian Ocean. papio 'aukea (pah-PEE-oh ow-KAY-ah) (lit: white papio) a papio of the Giant trevally (G.T.) specie piliko'a hawkfish, usu. Also used to mean ivory made from their teeth, very valuable to ancient Hawaiians papio (pah-PEE-o) any young fish of the trevally or jack family a trevally caught inshore and/or weighs less than 10 lbs. ono (lit: "delicious") a slim mackeral w/ lotsa teeth considered by the Hawaiians to be the best-tasting of the pelagic fishes also known as wahoo in Florida & the Caribbean o'opu (lit: "big belly") spotted blowfish, technically a porcupinefish, but who cares? opah Pacific moonfish pelagic and fairly rare, extremely fine-tasting 'opelu Mackerel scad, sold frozen as a 6 -8 inch baitfish, used for mahi & other offshore fish. caught in surf zones 'omilu (lit: "blue") papio of the bluefin trevally species has blue fins & blue spots on sides and back, rarely gets over about 12 lbs. considered a boney trash fish, it can be made into fishcake if you're desperate o'ama (oh-AHH-mah) baby Orange goatfish ( weke'ula), caught seasonally in island stream mouths and used as baitfish for papio o'io (oh-EE-oh) bonefish like its name implies, only good for fishcake, but possibly the most exciting local fish to catch & fight. cyclostomus same as above, but looks quite different (it's blue!) nabeta (Japanese) Peacock wrasse Iniistius pavo naia (NAH-ee-aah) Spinner dolphin nünü (new-new) trumpetfish Aulostomus chinensis and/or coronetfish - usu. cyclostomus, more correctly called moano kea moano ukali-ulua Blue goatfish P. multifasciatus or even the Goldsaddle goatfish P. shortened to just mahi moano Sidespot goatfish Parupaneus pleurostigmata or Manybar goatfish P. used for drumheads and now fishing lures mahimahi dolphinfish or dorado - (no relation to mammilian dolphins - calm down, okay?) deepwater & pelageic usu. Black skipjack or Island skipjack, but don't confuse with true skipjack tuna ( aku) kawele'a (kah-vay-LAY-ah) Heller's barracuda Sphyraena helleri - a night-hunting type of barracuda, smaller than the kaku koholã (ko-ho-LAAH) humpback whale lai Leatherback jack, queenfish Scomberoides lysan - very tough skin trad. kawakawa Pacific mackerel or bonito Little tunny Euthynnus affinis - similar in appearance to small aku but distinguished by blue-&-black stripes on its back. maori) Eastern Australian salmon Arripis trutta - not found in Hawaii (yet) kaku barracuda - delicious fine-texture fish, but older fish can carry ciguatera. some kind of wrasse, perhaps Iniistius aneitensis? kagami (japanese) Threadfin trevally: one of the jacks marked by two long trailing "feathers" kahawai (unknown, poss. hage (HAH-gay) (japanese) I have no idea. ![]() | Contact Us Hawaiian & Local Fish Names a'awa any of the shallow-water wrasses Bodianus bilunulatus 'aha needlefish Ablennes hians ahi yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares - small ones are known locally as shibi or "footballs" ahi pahala albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga aku bluefin or Skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis - small ones are known locally as "rats" akule (ah-KU-lay) Bigeye scad, shallow-water subsistance fish, often used for bait awa milkfish Chanos chanos, large herbivorous fish historically grown in fishponds but now seen in nearshore waters awa'awa Hawaiian ladyfish Hawaiian tarpon Elops hawaiensis very bony, locally made into fishcake, but a great fighting fish to catch.
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