Priacanthus meeki
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Priacanthus meeki
| Hawaiian bigeye ʻāweoweo |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Priacanthidae |
| Genus: | Priacanthus |
| Species: | P. meeki |
| Binomial name | |
| Priacanthus meeki (Jenkins, 1903) |
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Priacanthus meeki is a red fish found in Hawaiian and Midway Islands. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 33 cm in length.[1] Common names are Hawaiian bigeye in English and ʻāweoweo in the Hawaiian language.[2] It lends its name to Mokuaweoweo, the summit caldera of the Mauna Loa volcano.[3]
According to Hawaiian legends and history when large swarms of these fish gather, it foretells the death of a member of the aliʻi (royal) family, i.e. Liliuokalani and Likelike, to name some.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Priacanthus meeki" in FishBase. July 2009 version.
- ^ "lookup of "aweoweo"". Hawaiian dictionary web site. http://www.wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?a=q&r=1&hs=1&e=q-0hdict--00-0-0--010---4----den--0-000lpm--1haw-Zz-1---Zz-1-home---00031-0000escapewin-00&q=aweoweo&j=pm&hdid=0&hdds=0. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- ^ "Mauna Loa - Earth's Largest Volcano". United States Geological Survey. http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/maunaloa/. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
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