Untitled Flashcards Set

Scientific Names

Hawaiian Names

FISHES

Abudefduf abdominalis

mamo

Abudefduf sordidus

kupipi

Acanthurus nigrofuscus

maʻiʻiʻi

Acanthurus triostegus

manini

Canthigaster jactator

Caranx melampygus

ʻomilu

Cephalopholis argus

roi

Chaetodon auriga

kikakapu

Chaetodon lunula

Coris gaimard

hinalea ʻaki-lolo

Ctenochaetus strigosus

kole

Diodon hystrix

kokala

Gomphosus varius

hinalea 'i'iwi

Gymnothorax meleagris

puhi oniʻo

Istiblennius zebra

pao'o

Lutjanus kasmira

ta'ape

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus

weke ʻa

Naso lituratus

umaumalei

Paracirrhites arcatus

pilikoʻa

Parupeneus multifasciatus

moano

Rhinecanthus rectangulus

humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

Stegastes marginatus

Thalassoma duperrey

hinalea lau-wili

Zanclus cornutus

kihikihi

Zebrasoma flavescens

lauʻipala

INVERTEBRATES

Calcinus seurati

unauna

Cellana exarata

ʻopihi makaiauli

Colobocentrotus atratus

hāʻukeʻuke kaupali

Echinometra mathaei

ʻina kea

Grapsus tenuicrustatus

ʻaʻama crab

Holothuria atra

loli

Littoraria pintado

pūpū kōlea

Mycale grandis

Nerita picea

pipipi

Octopus cyanea

heʻe mauli

Opheodesoma spectabilis

Sabellastarte spectabilis

Tripneustes gratilla

hawa'e maoli

LIMU/ALGAE

Asparagopsis taxiformis

limu kohu

Acanthophora spicifera

Crustose Coralline Algae (CCA)

Dictyosphaeria cavernosa

limu pohāpohā

Halophila hawaiiana

Padina sp.

limu pepeiao

Sargassum sp.

limu kala

Ulva lactuca

limu pālahalaha (sheets) or limu ʻeleʻele (thin strands)

CORAL

Fungia sp.

ʻākoʻakoʻaʻkohe

Pocillopora damicornis

koʻa

Montipora capitata

koʻa

Porites lobata

pōhaku puna

Porites compressa

pōhaku puna

CHARISMATIC MEGAS

Chelonia mydas

honu

Mobula alfredi

hāhālua

Triaenodon obesus

mano

Megaptera novaeangliae

koholā