Photo: Bommerer · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 2 m
- 🌊 open water, pelagic
The wahoo is a very fast, slim, elongated fish with a blue back streaked with silvery vertical bars. Its elongated jaw carries sharp teeth. It is appreciated by sport fishermen and for its firm flesh.
Did you know?
In Tahitian, this fish is called paere. It is known for its lightning acceleration.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Wahoo.
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