Yellowfin......and Big Eye Tuna. Ahi literal translation in Hawaiian is Smoke, which refers to the smoke that was produced when ancient Hawaiian would hook these fish on there hand lines. The fishermen would fish with the hand lines around a dowel, like a modern day drag system. As the line went screaming out the hemp type line would actually produce smoke. Ahi is freely used for both species in Hawaii.
Yellowfin......and Big Eye Tuna. Ahi literal translation in Hawaiian is Smoke, which refers to the smoke that was produced when ancient Hawaiian would hook these fish on there hand lines. The fishermen would fish with the hand lines around a dowel, like a modern day drag system. As the line went screaming out the hemp type line would actually produce smoke. Ahi is freely used for both species in Hawaii.
A type of tuna spelled with three letters is 'ahi' tuna.
An ahi is another name for the yellowfin tuna.
There are only a couple of definitions for the word "ahi". They both have to do with types of tuna fish. It is a Japanese word. They are the yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna.
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Yellowfin tuna or Bigeye tuna are both called ahi in Hawaii.
The Angelfish The Angler Fish Ahi Tuna
Ahi Tuna, Albacore Tuna, Abalone (more of a mollusc than a fish though) to name a few
The albacore tuna has a variety of different names that people use to refer to it. Some of these include pigfish, Pacific albacore, tombo ahi and longfin.
It's one type of tuna common in Hawaii and Japan. Also called Ahipalaha tombo ahi. Tombo is also common in the Philippines. We sometimes buy tombo bariles from a fish peddler in our village in Davao, Philippines. See reference: http://cebudavao.com/food/tombo-tuna-kinilaw-for-breakfast/
The most important fish in the Hawaiian diet is the yellowfin tuna, also referred to as ahi tuna. Albacore tuna are also high on the list. As is a fish by the Hawaiian name of: Humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa which means "triggerfish". Most Hawaii residents will eat just about any fish caught in the ocean, including shark.