Hawaiian flagtail

Hawaiian Flagtails
Hawaiian flagtail, Kuhlia sandvicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Kuhliidae
Genus: Kuhlia
Gill, 1861
Species: Kuhlia sandvicensis
Kuhlia xenura

The Hawaiian flagtails are species of the genus of flagtail fishes found in the Hawaiian Islands. Two species are Kuhlia sandvicensis[1] and Kuhlia xenura.[2] K. xenura is endemic to the Hawaiian islands.

In the Hawaiian language, āholehole refers to the young stage,[3] and āhole the mature fish. It was sometimes called puaʻa kai, literally "sea pig".[4] Keahole Point and the Kona International Airport located there are named for the fish.[5]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Kuhlia sandvicensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Kuhlia xenura" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. ^ Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of āholehole ". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?j=pk&l=en&q=aholehole&d=. Retrieved September 21, 2010. 
  4. ^ Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of āhole ". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?j=pk&l=en&q=ahole&d=. Retrieved September 21, 2010. 
  5. ^ Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel Hoyt Elbert and Esther T. Mookini (2004). "lookup of keahole ". in Place Names of Hawai'i. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?j=pp&l=en&q=keahole&d=. Retrieved September 21, 2010.