Humuhumunukunukuapuaa, or humuhumu for short

While snorkeling off the coast of Moorea, French Poly, this cute little fellow attacked my wife.  It didn't bite or squirt poison.  It just shot out of its placid corral paradise and  right up into my wife's mug.  It did a little posturing and then swam away.   Since one moment she was subdued by a magical world of underwater beauty and the next something very fast and potentially very hungry launched at her,  Sarah's soul very nearly leapt out of her body.  She grabbed her chest and lurched backwards.  Being her chivalrous husband I laughed so hard I nearly drowned. 

I only mention this because an article on www.newsvine.com mentioned this:   The humuhumunukunukuapuaa officially lost its title as the state fish more than a decade ago but is set to reclaim the honor.  A bill reinstating the critter — known as humuhumu for short — passed the Legislature on Monday and heads next to the office of Gov. Linda Lingle for a signature.
The little fish with the long name was deposed in 1990 by a clause in the law that gave it its crown, which made the measure expire after five years.

I imagine this Humuhumunukunukuapuaa went back and high-finned his buddies for frightening the much larger water creatures.   Or maybe it was just aggressive election tactics.  It's got my vote.