Hawaiian Fishes 



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From Fowler 



Walu, Pualu, or Black Tang 



1 04-6 Hepatus jtiliginosus ( Lesson ) 









From Jordan & Evermonn 



The pualu is uniformly dark in color and measures from six to eiehteen 

 inches in length. 



This fish is found from Madagascar, Mauretius, the Bourbons, and the 

 Seychelles, through the East Indies, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia 

 as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



