Species of fish in the genus Kuhlia found in the Hawaiian Islands
Reticulated flagtail, Kuhlia sandvicensis
The Hawaiian flagtails are species of the genus of flagtail fishes found in the Hawaiian Islands.
Two species are Kuhlia sandvicensis[1] and K. xenura.[2]K. xenura is endemic to the islands.
In the Hawaiian language, āholehole refers to the young stage,[3] and āhole the mature fish. It was sometimes called puaʻa kai, literally "sea pig".[4]
Keahole Point and the Kona International Airport located there are named for the fish.[5] Wai`ahole Valley on O`ahu is named after the fish as well, where the ocean and the Wai'ahole River meet there are many fish there.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Kuhlia sandvicensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Kuhlia xenura" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
^Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of āholehole". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
^Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of āhole". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
^Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert; Esther T. Mookini (2004). "lookup of keahole ". in Place Names of Hawai'i. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
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