Name That Fish?

[Menehune Man]

Name the fish we love to eat here in Hawai'i that people from other places call "Dolphinfish"?

[Menehune Man]

Re: Name That Fish?

Or how about the only one (known) of it's kind at Sea Life Park?
More aquatic animal than "fish" really.

[Surfingfarmboy]

Re: Name That Fish?

Name the fish we love to eat here in Hawai'i that people from other places call "Dolphinfish"?

Gotta go with mahi mahi on that one!

[Menehune Man]

Re: Name That Fish?

Gotta go with mahi mahi on that one!

Yes indeed!

[Glen Miyashiro]

Re: Name That Fish?

Or how about the only one (known) of it's kind at Sea Life Park?
More aquatic animal than "fish" really.

You mean the wholphin, half whale and half dolphin? What was its name -- Kekaimalu? Or is that the mom?

[Menehune Man]

Re: Name That Fish?

You mean the wholphin, half whale and half dolphin? What was its name -- Kekaimalu? Or is that the mom?

You got it Glen! Since whales are marine mammals their not "fish", but hey they swim in the water, eh?!

[Pomai]

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What I found most interesting was the Wolphin's tooth count at 66 - perfectly split between the False Killer Whale father's 88 and the Bottlenose Dolphin mother's 44. That's why us "Hapa's" look da' best!

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This fish is usually only caught in small quantities as by-catch on longline boats far out at sea for Ahi. It has a simliar shape and size to the Opah, with really TOUGH, BLACK scales. The white meat is deliciously moist and oily. It has a Chinese name and it's one of my favorite!

[Glen Miyashiro]

Re: Name That Fish?

This fish is usually only caught in small quantities as by-catch on longline boats far out at sea for Ahi. It has a simliar shape and size to the Opah, with really TOUGH, BLACK scales. The white meat is deliciously moist and oily. It has a Chinese name and it's one of my favorite!

Err... monchong?

[Miulang]

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What common reef fish was kapu to everyone but the ali'i (it used to be farmed in the royal fishponds and was said to ward off evil spirits)? It is endemic to Hawai'i, can live in fresh and salt water and its Hawaiian name means "sparkly".

Miulang

[Pomai]

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Err... monchong?

Roger that. Steamed with Lup Cheong and Ginger-Cilantro Pesto.. ONO! I mean the Monchong is "ono".

Here's a whimsical question..

This "fish" isn't a fish at all, yet in lay terms it's named as such. In this particular case, it has a name that can also be attributed to a popular holiday and spends most of its existance eating, sleeping under a rock and hanging out with a sponge.

[alohabear]

Re: Name That Fish?

What common reef fish was kapu to everyone but the ali'i (it used to be farmed in the royal fishponds and was said to ward off evil spirits)? It is endemic to Hawai'i, can live in fresh and salt water and its Hawaiian name means "sparkly".

Miulang

Aholehole

[Miulang]

Re: Name That Fish?

Nenue or Manini?

Nope. Small kid time, we used to use bits of frozen shrimp to catch these buggahs from the shore. Fry 'em up. Ono!

Miulang

[lavagal]

Re: Name That Fish?

What common reef fish was kapu to everyone but the ali'i (it used to be farmed in the royal fishponds and was said to ward off evil spirits)? It is endemic to Hawai'i, can live in fresh and salt water and its Hawaiian name means "sparkly".

Miulang

is it moi, moi, moi?

Moi?

[Miulang]

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is it moi, moi, moi?

Moi?

Nope. Kinda look like moi, but smaller...have beeeeg eyes!

Miulang

[lurkah]

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Nope. Kinda look like moi, but smaller...have beeeeg eyes!

Try look four posts back. Dass not da one?