Terry Lilley - Criter of the Week
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Meet ‘u‘u the Hawaiian bigscale soldierfish! This common, foot-long fish also has another name, mempachi. This name came from the Japanese who came to Hawaii over 150 years ago, and both the Hawaiians and Japanese consider this schooling fish a delicacy.

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