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1. n., Various species of squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae 🌐, including Flammeo sammara (spotfin squirrelfish, 185 mm), Adioryx lacteoguttatus (whitespotted, 117 mm), A. diadema, (crown, 109 mm), A. xanterythrus (Hawaiian, 132 mm), A. tiers (Tahitian, 259 mm).

• Related:
  • The young are called ʻaʻalaʻihi.
  • Unidentified kinds are qualified by the terms ākoʻakoʻa, kala loa or kanaloa, lā kea, māhū, maoli, and pilikoʻa.

2. n., Pale pink tapa; any faded color

3. n., A variety of sugar cane named for the fish, either a deep-red mutant of ʻāwela or related to it; internodes barrel-shaped, leaves purple.

• References:
  • HP 221, 224.

Squirrelfish (Adioryx lacteoguttatus). More of a deep-water fish. Young are called ʻaʻalaʻihi.

Pale pink kapa.