Common name | Lagoon humu |
Language | English |
Dialect | English/Hawaiian hybrid |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Hawaii |
Locality | |
Ref. | Carpenter, R. and B. Carpenter, 1981 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | The word "humu" of the common name is an English language partial adoption of a native Hawaiian word. That adoption comes from the Hawaiian word "humuhumu" which is the general Hawaiian name for triggerfishes. |