THE GAME FISHES OP HAWAII 



two species are confined to Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Samoa, etc ; 

 fifty-three common to Hawaii and Japan ; thirty-fotir common to- 

 Hawaii and Maui. 



There are some familiar American fishes, as the ten-pounder,. 

 Mops saurus, one of the most active of the tarpon-like fishes. In 

 the Oio we^recognize the lady-fish, and the Kaku is the barracuda^ 

 of which there are two species. Among the mackerels the Frigate 

 mackerel (Auxis) is common ; a fine fish on the rod, occasionally 

 taken at Santa Catalina. Here, too, is the Aku, which means 

 ocean bonito, and the ' little tunny,' or common Santa Catalina 

 bonito, tnown as the Kawakawa. Also the hard-fighting long- 

 fin tuna, now called the AM. The California bonito, Sardcu 

 chilensis, is found here, with the Peto or Ono, the giant mackerel, 

 which the ancient islanders found by Captain Cook believed was 

 the father of all the small mackerels. The Walu (Buvettus) 

 is a savage-looMng fish, shaped Uke a yellowtaU, powerful, alert, 

 and doubtless wfil receive the attention of the angler of the future 

 in these seas of romance and plenty. The yellowtaU {Seriola} 

 is represented at Hawaii by a number of fishes, and locally 

 known as the Kahala. It attains a length of three feet. 

 Another is Kahala opio (S. Sparna), and is a composite be- 

 tween the Santa Catalina yeUowtail and the amber-jack of 

 Florida. 



In the Tuna Club collection of photographs, at Santa Catalina 

 Island, there is one of a Hawaiian fish known as the Ulua. This 

 means literally big fish, but it is applied to a member of the Jack 

 family, cavaUy or Carangus. There are Carangus Papio pio 

 (smaU), Pa upau (medium), 4nd Ulua (large size). Nine species 

 of these hard-fighting fishes are found here. The Ulua at fifty 

 pounds is easily the head of the list and a great and powerful 

 fish, that, when rod and reel sea-anglers begin to invade these 

 beautiful islands, wiU become well known. 



The photograph referred to was of a fish taken here by a 

 member of the Tuna Club who compared it to the tuna as a hard 

 and tremendous fighter. There is ia the Straits of Florida a^ 



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