FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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INDEX TO NATIVE NAMES OF HAWAIIAN FISHES. 
The popular or common names by which the fishes of Hawaii are known to the 
fishermen are naturally the native Kanaka or Hawaiian names. Very few English 
or other common names have as yet come into use. The total number of names in 
actual use is far fewer than the number of species, due to the fact that many of the 
names are generic in their application, the same name being applied to several 
different species. 
In the following index are given all those native names which we have been 
able to identify certainly with definite species. Following each native name is the 
scientific name of the species to which it is applied. The list serves, therefore, not 
only as an index to the common names used in the body of this report, but also as a 
table for the determination of the equivalent scientific name. 
For the verification of the spelling of these native names we are greatly indebted 
to Lieut. William E. Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of 
Agriculture. Air. Salford’s cruises in the Pacific and residence in Guam gave him 
a familiarity with Polynesian languages which has enabled him to give us very 
valuable assistance in connection with this list. 
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A’ alaihi, Thalassemia duperrey. - 302 
ILepidaplois albotaeniatus 278 
A awa [Lepidaplois straphodes 280 
Ahadha [Tylosurus giganteus 124 
[Athlennes luans 125 
Ahi, Germo germo - 174 
Aholehole, Kuhlia malo - - - - 207 
Ahuula, Callyodon ahula 351 
Akilolo, Gomphosus varius 289 
Aku, Gymnosarda pelamis 172 
Akule, Trachurops erumenopthalma 187 
Alaihi, Holocentrus xantherythrus and other species of Holocentras 168, 164 
Alaihi kalaloa, Holocentrus diadema 159 
... ( Priacanthus alalaua 228 
tPriacanthus cruentatus (young) 229 
Alalauwa, Priacanthus alalaua 228 
Aleihi lakea, Pseudocheilinus octotsenia 317 
Ama-ama, Mugil cephalus 139 
Amuka, Carangus affinis - 195 
Apahu, Ranzania makua 440 
A’ u, Xiphias gladius - - 168 
Auau, Tylosurus giganteus 124 
Awa, Chanos chanos 56 
Awa-awa, Chanos chanos ,. - 56 
Awa kalamoku, Chanos chanos 56 
iwo1o fThalassoma purpureum (small) . 295 
iThalassoma fuscum 299 
Aweoweo, Priacanthus cruentatus 229 
Halalalu, Trachurops crumenophthalma 187 
Hapu’u pti’u, Epinephelus quernus 223 
Hauliuli puhi, Lemnisoma serpens 179 
