Hawaiian Fishes 



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Drawn from Jordan Gr Evermonn 



Weke 



Also known as the Weke Pueo, Weke Pahula, or Weke Pahulu 

 98-20 Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



This fish is pale green in color above and changes to white beneath. 

 It is striped with yellow above and the caudal fin is cross-barred. It 

 reaches a length of sixteen inches. 



It is distributed throughout the Hawaiian Islands and is a common 

 food fish there, although reported by some as poisonous. 



Jordan, Evermann and Tanaka in their Notes on Rare Fishes From 

 Hawaii in California Academy of Science Proceedings 4th Series 16:20, 

 November 14, 1927, p. 674 report an interesting story. 



