A small marine fish found in Hawaiian waters, valued as food and used in traditional Hawaiian cuisine.
From Hawaiian ʻakule, referring to the bigeye scad fish (Selar crumenophthalmus). The word is native to Hawaiian language and describes a locally important food source.
The akule has been so central to Hawaiian life that the fish migration patterns dictated the Hawaiian calendar and cultural practices—ancient Hawaiians developed detailed knowledge of when akule schools arrived, which became part of their traditional ecological knowledge.
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