The Hawaiian fish’s name translates from the Hawaiian language as “triggerfish with a snout like a pig” (at least the Ripley’s publishers added the ʻokina — not an apostrophe — near the end for the glottal stop).
The Hawaiian fish’s name translates from the Hawaiian language as “triggerfish with a snout like a pig” (at least the Ripley’s publishers added the ʻokina — not an apostrophe — near the end for the glottal stop).