Malolo - Flying Fish

Hawaiian flying fishes, malolo are sleek and quick creatures notorious for jumping out fo the water and "flying" a great distance before diving back in.

Maybe their wing-like fins are the reason they fly and also the reason their name is sometimes qualified by the term "eheu la (eheu means wing).

People who hoe wa`a (paddle canoe) know that the possibility of being nailed by one of these little buggers while out on the ocean is real.

One of the favorite foods of the albatross is the eggs of the malolo.