Common name | Ama'ama |
Language | Hawaiian |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Hawaii |
Locality | |
Ref. | Pukui, M.K. and S.H. Elbert, 1986 |
Life stage | adults |
Sex | females and males |
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Remarks | For fish about 20 cm in length (Ref. 44091). The ama'ama are stored and fattened in salt water ponds or kua pa (literally, 'walled in') (Ref. 7364). |