Humuhumunukunukuapuaa Dethroned in Hawaii

[DoYouEverWonder]

Jan 28, 2006

HONOLULU - Everyone thought the humuhumunukunukuapuaa was Hawaii's state fish. As it turns out, the brightly colored fish with the excessively long name has been dethroned.

The news shook the world of Rep. Blake Oshiro, who found out the designation was no longer official from Joel Itomura, a 6-year-old fish-loving son of a friend and constituent.

"I was really surprised," said Oshiro, who has drawn up a bill that would make humuhumunukunukuapuaa — also known as the rectangular triggerfish or "humuhumu" for short — the official state fish for the islands.

The stubby-nosed, brightly striped and slightly aggressive little fish whose name few tourists even try to utter (it's pronounced HOO-moo-HOO-moo-NOO-koo-NOO-koo-AH-poo-AH-ah) is commonly believed to be the state's favorite. The fish figures into tourist trinkets, broadcast commercials and a much-beloved song about a little grass shack.

Much like its name, the fish's road to titlelessness is long and confusing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060128/ap_on_re_us/dethroned_fish;_ylt=A9FJqZBuidtDmysB0Qys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-


hum?????

[neuvocat]

1. What about the chameleon?

You know, the karmakarmakarmakarmachameleon?

/sorry

//ok, not really.

[A Simple Game]

3. Thanks for the smile. n/t

[Wilms]

2. "Hmmmmm", is right. Something fishy about this.

Quite beautiful. Seems a good choice for the official state fish.

[zbdent]

4. Somehow, I keep thinking that the crappie is the state fish of

Ohio . . .

[tsuki]

5. No, that's the governor of Florida, but I understand your confusion.

[zbdent]

6. Funny, is the governor of Florida any relation to the Gov of Ohio?

Since they share the same name . . . crappy . . .

[ruggerson]

7. Have you ever had filleted humuhumunukunukuapuaa?

It's a mouthful.

[truth2power]

8. Aw...that's a shame. I have a t-shirt

that I got in Hawaii. Says: Don't hassle the humuhumunukunukuapuaa, with a pic of the fish. :P