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FISHING LINE *
Marshallese name
Scientific name
Island
At-kadu
A fish
Moi polydactylus
Urerik
bass
Rongelap
Kanbok
Variola
Kie
Dibab
louti
big eye or burgy
Rongelap, Uterik
butterfly fish
Uterik
Monotaxis grandoculis
Chaetodon ocellatus
Pajrok
chub ro rudderfish
Kyphosis vaigiensis
Uterik, Rongelap
Jojo
flying fish
Exocoetidae sp.
Rongelpa, Uterik, Ailuk
to
goatfish
Mulloidichthy samoensis
Urerik
goatfish
Uterik
grouper
Rongelap, Uterik, Wotho
Pako
ground shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
Uterik, Rongelap
Lappo
hogfish
Chelinus undulatus
Rongelap, Uterik
lool
mullet
Uterik
Tkuut
pilot fish
Haucrates ductor
Urerik
Jome
Momo
Mulloikiccthys samoensis
Epinephelus hexagonatus
Crenmugil crenilabis
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