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Moorish Idol

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Moorish Idol

Kihikihi — “zigzag,” for its angles

Kihikihi means “zigzag,” for the bold angled bands of the Moorish idol. That long white dorsal filament trails behind it like a pennant, and the species is old enough and distinct enough to have its own branch on the fish family tree.