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Fishes of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park

 

 

 

 

Hawaiian Name	Scientific Name (Linked to Species Profile)
'a'awa	Bodianus bilunulatus
aholehole	Kuhlia sandvicensis
akule	Selar crumenophthalmus
akule	Trachiurops crumenophthalmus
Akupa sleeper	Eleotris sandwicensis
'ala'ihi	Neoniphon sammara
'ala'ihi	Sargocentron xantherythrum
'ala'ihi	Sargocentron
'alo'iloi	Dascyllus albisella
'ama'ama	Mugil cephalus
'api	Acanthurus guttatus
awa	Chanos chanos
'awela	Thalassoma trilobatum
'aweoweo	Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
hilu piliko'a	Paracirrhites forsteri
hinimanu	Aetobatus narinari
hinalea i'i'wi	Gomphosus varius
hinalea lauhine	Thalassoma ballieui
hinalea lauwili	Thalassoma duperreyi
hou	Thalassoma purpureum
humhumu hiukoli	Melichthys vidua
humuhumu lei	Sufflamen bursa
humuhumu mimi	Sufflamen frenatus
humuhumu nukunuku apua'a	Rhinecanthus rectangulus
iheihe	Hemiramphus
kahala	Seriola dumerili
kaku	Sphyraena barracuda
kala	Naso unicornis
kala lolo, 'opelu kala	Naso hexacanthus
kikakapu	Chaetodon auriga
kikakapu	Chaetodon ephippium
kikakapu	Chaetodon fremblii
kikakapu	Chaetodon lineolatus
kikakapu	Chaetodon lunula
kikikapu	Chaetodon multicinctus
kikikapu	Chaetodon ornatissimus
kikikapu	Chaetodon unimaculatus
kihikihi	Zanclus cornutus
kole	Ctenochaetus strigosus
kumu	Parupeneus porphyreus
lai	Scomberoides lysan
lau wiliwili	Chaetodon miliaris
lau wiliwili nukunuku 'oi'oi	Forcipiger
lauhau	Chaetodon kleinii
lauhau	Chaetodon quadrimaculatus
lau'ipala	Zebrasoma flavescens
loulu	Aluterus scriptus
maiko	Acanthurus nigroris
maikoiko	Acanthurus leucopareius
maka'a	Malacanthus brevirostris
malu	Parupeneus pleurostigma
mamo	Abudefduf abdominalis
mamo	Abudefduf sordidus
maneoneo	Zebrasoma veliferum
manini	Acanthurus sandvicensis
manini	Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis
moano	Parupeneus multifasciatus
moano kea	Parupeneus cyclostomus
moi	Polydactylus sexfilis
mu	Monotaxis grandoculis
munu	Parupeneus bifasciatus
na'ena'e	Acanthurus olivaceus
nehu	Encrasicholina purpurea
nehu	Stolephorus purpureus
nenue	Kyphosus
nunu	Aulostomus chinensis
nunu peke	Fistularia commersoni
ohua	Halichoeres ornatissimus
o'ili	Cantherhines
'o'ili lepa	Cantherhines sandwichiensis
'o'ili'uwi'uwi	Pervagor spilosoma
'omaka	Stethojulis balteata
'omilu	Caranx melampygus
'o'opu, 'akupa	Eleotris sandwicensis
o'opu hue	Arothron hispidus
o'opu hue	Arothron meleagris
'o'opu ohune	Bathygobius cocosensis
'opelu	Decapterus macarellus
'opule	Anampses cuvieri
pahu	Ostracion meleagris
pahu	Ostracion meleagris camurum Jenkins, 1901
paki'i	Bothus mancus
paku'iku'i	Acanthurus achilles
palani	Acanthurus dussumieri
palukaluka	Scarus rubroviolaceus
pao'o	Istiblennius zebra
piliko'a	Cirrhitops fasciatus
piliko'a	Paracirrhites arcatus
po'opa'a	Cirrhitus pinnulatus
pualu	Acanthurus blochii
pualu	Acanthurus xanthopterus
puhi	Gymnomuraena zebra
puhi	Gymnothorax
puhi	Gymnothorax pictus
puhi	Gymnothorax javanicus
puhi kapa	Echidna nebulosa
puhi lau milo	Gymnothorax undulatus
puhi 'oni'o	Gymnothorax meleagris
puhi paka	Gymnothorax flavimarginatus
puhi-uha	Conger cinereus
puhi-uha	Conger cinereus marginatus
pu'u ola'i	Canthigaster amboinensis
roi	Cephalopholis argus
ta'ape	Lutjanus kasmira
to'au	Lutjanus fulvus
uhu	Scarus sordidus
uhu	Scarus psittacus
uhu	Chlorurus sordidus
ulu 'ahu'ula	Scarus perspicillatus
uhu uli uli	Scarus perspicillatus
uku	Aprion virescens
'ulae	Saurida
ulua	Carangoides ferdau
ulua	Carangoides orthogrammus
ulua	Caranx ferdau
ulua aukea	Caranx ignobilis
ulua pa'opa'o	Gnathanodon speciosus
umaumalei	Naso lituratus
uouoa	Neomyxus chaptalii
upapalu	Apogon
upapalu	Apogon taeniaphorus
upapalu	Apogon taeniopterus Bennett, 1835
u'u	Myripristis
wahanui	Aphareus furcatus
weke'a	Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
weke'ula	Mulloidichthys vanicolensis