Hawaiian flagtail

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

Reticulated flagtail, Kuhlia sandvicensis

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] Wai`ahole Valley on O`ahu is named after the fish as well, where the ocean and the Wai'ahole River meet there are many fish there.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kuhlia sandvicensis". FishBase.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kuhlia xenura". FishBase.
3. Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of āholehole". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
4. Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of āhole". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
5. Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert; Esther T. Mookini (2004). "lookup of keahole ". in Place Names of Hawai'i. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved September 21, 2010.