Thursday, February 26, 2009

Aloha!

The state fish of Hawaii is the humuhumunukunukuapua’a.

The reef, rectangular, wedge-tail, or Picasso triggerfish, also known by its Hawaiian name, humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpuaʻa, also spelled Humuhumunukunukuapua'a or just humuhumu for short; meaning "fish with pig's nose"), is one of several species of triggerfish. Classified as Rhinecanthus rectangulus, it is endemic to the salt water coasts of various central and south Pacific Ocean islands. It is often asserted that the Hawaiian name is one of the longest words in the Hawaiian Language and that "the name is longer than the fish."

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