Lawmaker calls for official status for humuhumunukunukuapuaa

Monday, January 30, 2006

HONOLULU -- Everyone thought the humuhumunukunukuapuaa was Hawaii's state fish. As it turns out, the brightly colored fish with the excessively long name has been dethroned.

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