baahu
benben
n.
mahi mahi or common dolphinfish
Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus
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bibinaga
n.
mollusk sp.
Scientific name: Atactodea sp.,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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bono
n.
fish sp.; eel variety
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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buu
dihidihi
n.
moorish idol
Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus
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doudu
n.
fish sp.: spiny puffer
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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emu
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n.
rippled triggerfish; yellowmargin triggerfish; titan triggerfish
Example: Pseudobalistes fuscus; Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus; Balistoides viridescens
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich
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gamu
n.
branching coral
Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 22, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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gawid
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n.
ghost crab
Example: Photo by beautifulcataya May 1, 2005 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Scientific name: Ocypodinae sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich
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gelu akau
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n.
bluespine unicornfish; whitemargin unicornfish
Scientific name: Naso unicornis; Naso annulatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich
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gina
gungaadada
school of red snapper
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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hau-gili-awa
n.
eel
Example: Giant Moray. Photo by Derek Keats. August 28, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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hiba
n.
flying fish
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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hiwahiwa
n.
appendage; fin
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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huga iga
n.
tail of a fish
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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hugume
n.
orangespine unicornfish
Scientific name: Naso lituratus
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humu
n.
picasso triggerfish; orange striped triggerfish
Scientific name: Rhinecanthus aculeatus; Balistapus undulatus
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humu-dee
n.
undulate triggerfish
Example: Photo by zsispeo February 10, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0
Scientific name: Balistapus undulatus,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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kwin
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two-striped sweetlips; silver-banded sweetlips; oriental sweetlips
Scientific name: Plectorhinchus albovittatus; Plectorhinchus gaterinoides; Plectorhinchus vittatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich
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leduge
n.
spotted firmfin
Scientific name: Cirrhites pinnulatus,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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leduge
n.
yellowtail coris
Scientific name: Coris gaimard
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liba luuli
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n.
lavender tang; chocolate surgeonfish
Scientific name: Acanthurus nigrofuscus; Acanthurus pyroferus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich
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madamada
n.
small-toothed jobfish
Scientific name: Aphareus furca
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magoo
n.
shark
Example: Photo by c.lathe. July 6, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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malaudaa
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speckled squirrelfish; violet squirrelfish; silverspot squirrelfish
Scientific name: Sargocentron punctatissimum; Sargocentron violaceum; Sargocentron caudimaculatum,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich
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manini
n.
convict tang
Scientific name: Acanthurus triostegus
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mogo
mogolewe
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reef whitetip shark
Example: Let sleeping sharks lie by Barry Fackler via via Flickr
Scientific name: Triaenodon obesus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich
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moi aw
n.
nurse shark
Scientific name: Nebrius concolor
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ngadala-dee
n.
sea bass
Example: Photo by Malcomle Brown February 14, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0
Scientific name: Epinephelus fuscoguttatus,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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ngatala mute
n.
blacksaddle grouper
Scientific name: Epinephelus howlandi
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nguu
nohu
taadolu
n.
dark-striped squirrelfish
Scientific name: Sargocentron praslin
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tabatab
n.
slipper lobster species
Scientific name: Scyllaridae sp.
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tangau podo
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two spot red snapper; blacktail snapper
Scientific name: Lutjanus bohar; Lutjanus fulvus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich
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tanu
n.
coral grouper
Scientific name: Plectropomus leopardus
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taro woroworo
tauwin
n.
symbiotic bird/fish relationship where tuna chase small fish to the surface and birds descend and eat them from the air. good for fishing.
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tono unga
tuhe
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n.
surge wrasse; christmas wrasse
Scientific name: Thalassoma purpureum; Thalassoma trilobatum,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich
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udu
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n.
green jobfish, also known as slender snapper
Scientific name: Aprion virescens,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich
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ulua
n.
white trevally
Scientific name: Pseudocaranx dentex,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich
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unga-hihi
n.
mollusk sp.
Scientific name: Nerita picea,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,
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