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Posted By MAUIreefannie 11 months ago in NewsMany youngsters go into the waters around Maui hoping to see Nemo, and go away very disappointed learning Nemo doesn' t live in Hawaii. The movie, they are told, was about animals in and around Australian waters. That is true, but we can give them Nemo' s friend, Gil, the moorish idol. The moorish idol is often confused with angel fish, but this cute little fish, who looks like he/she had eyelashes, is in a genus all to himself. They feed mainly on sponges and occasionally on algae. They stay little, says Dr. Randall, growing to a mere 8 inches. The ancient Hawaiians called this fish kihikihi, which translated means curves, corners and angular. Since this fish was small with a compressed body and not much to it, most likely it wasn' t used as a food source, but more importantly, since it eats mainly sponges that would probably make the meat dangerous to consume.
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