Roi Fish Hawaii. How Did Roi Get To Hawaii? During the 1950s French Polynesians introduced roy to Hawaii with the idea of making food from them Roi an aggressive predator that preys on smaller reef fish grew in popularity especially after residents of Hawaii discovered that the fish carried ciguatera a type of food poisoning and avoided eating them.

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During a study on Hawaii island the dominant fish species found in the stomachs of roi were squirrelfish about 25 percent followed by surgeonfish 13 percent and bigeye 8 percent Friedlander.

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Roi were introduced to Hawaii in the 1950s from French Polynesia with the idea that it could provide a food source for people An aggressive predator that eats smaller reef fish roi flourished – especially when Hawaii residents found that the fish carried ciguatera a type of food poisoning and avoided eating them.

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Roi Hawaii’s Most Dangerous Fish Roi or peacock grouper were introduced into Hawaii in 1956 from Mo&#39orea to add to the food source for Hawaiian fishermen This fish grows to about 16 inches and five pounds and they are now very common in Kaua&#39i This fish fills a nitch that no other Hawaiian fish fills and it eats a wide variety of reef fish Roi spend most of their time in deep caves and cracks in the reef where they prey on other fish like aweoweo mempachi and ala&#39ihi.

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This fish was imported to Hawaii in the 1950s from French Polynesia and since then has spread to almost all of the Hawaiian coral reefs Since the roi is a grouper it is a super good fish to eat.