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'''Robert Nicols''' is Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs for the U.S.

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| name = Reef Triggerfish

Treasury Secretary [[John Snow]] swore in Rob Nichols as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs on August 6, 2003. Nominated for the position by [[President George W. Bush]] on April 10, 2003, Nichols was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1, 2003.

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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia

| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]

| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]

| ordo = [[Tetraodontiformes]]

| familia = [[Balistidae]]

| genus = '''''Rhinecanthus'''''

| species = '''''R. rectangulus'''''

| binomial = ''Rhinecanthus rectangulus''

| binomial_authority = [[Marcus Elieser Bloch|Bloch]] & [[Johann Gottlob Schneider|Schneider]], 1801

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The '''reef''', '''rectangular''', or '''wedge-tail triggerfish''', also known by its [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] name, '''{{unicode|humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpua`a}}''' ({{IPA2|ˌhumuˌhumuˌnukuˌnukuˌa:puˈaʔa}}, also spelled '''humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua`a''' or just '''humuhumu''' for short; meaning "triggerfish with a snout like a pig" [http://www.bartleby.com/61/46/H0324650.html]), is one of several [[species]] of [[triggerfish]]. Classified as ''Rhinecanthus rectangulus'', it is endemic to the salt water coasts of various central and south [[Pacific Ocean]] islands. It is often asserted that the Hawaiian name is [[Longest word in English#Major dictionaries|one of the longest words in the English Language]] and that "the name is longer than the fish."

== Early Career Description==

Before joining the Department of the Treasury, Nichols served as Communications Director for the Electronic Industries Alliance. Previously, he served as Communications Director for Senator Slade Gorton and as Press Secretary for Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn. Earlier in his career, Nichols was the Political Director for the Washington State Republican Party. During the George H.W. Bush administration, he worked at the White House in the West Wing as an aide in the Office of the Chief of Staff, and at the Department of Transportation in the Office of Secretary Andrew Card. A native of Seattle, Washington, Nichols is a graduate of [[George Washington University]].

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Current Administration ==

The triggerfish's teeth are blue and are set close together inside its relatively fatty mouth, it has a small second spine, which it can use to lock its main spine into an upright position. The triggerfish can wedge itself into small crevices and lock its spine to make it extremely difficult to get out. In addition, when fleeing predators, the triggerfish will sometimes make grunting noises, possibly a call to warn other nearby triggerfish of danger at hand.[http://waquarium.mic.hawaii.edu/MLP/root/pdf/MarineLife/Vertebrates/ReefTrigger.pdf]

As Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Nichols oversees all public affairs efforts for an $11 billion federal agency with 117,000 employees and plays a leading role in educating the American people about tax and currency policy, debt management, [[Social Security]] and [[Medicare]] financing, and a host of international issues that impact the U.S. economy. As the chief spokesman for the Treasury Department and Secretary Snow, Nichols designs and implements policies, communications strategies, and programs that will increase the public's knowledge and understanding of Treasury's activities and services among the news media, business groups, consumer groups, and other government agencies.

==Distribution==

In addition to managing all communications, press, media, speechwriting and advance personnel and programs, Nichols also oversees the Office of Public Liaison, which conducts outreach to business, advocacy and financial communities including Wall Street; elicits information, analysis and opinions from public and private organizations representing business and consumer interests; and communicates Treasury and Bush Administration views to these entities.

The reef triggerfish is distributed throughout the [[Indo-Pacific]] region, and it is especially prominent in the [[coral reef]]s of the [[Hawaiian Islands]].

==Hawaii state fish==

Since the beginning of the Bush Administration, Nichols has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. In that position, Nichols was responsible for media relations for the Department of the Treasury. This involved planning strategy on how to present issues to the media; representing senior Treasury officials to the media; providing tactical communications counsel; acting as a Treasury spokesman; and representing the Bush Administration's views on issues to the press, and through them, to the general public. On a day-to-day basis, Nichols arranged interviews, press conferences, background briefings, photo opportunities, and responded to questions from the media.

[[Image:Humuhumu.jpg|right|thumb|Humuhumunukunukuapua'a at [[Kealakekua Bay]], Hawaii]]

Due to an expiration of a Hawaiian state law, the trigger fish ceased to be the [[state fish]] of [[Hawaii]] in 1990.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-28-humu_x.htm</ref> On April 17, 2006, bill HB1982 was presented to the Governor of Hawai{{unicode|&#699;}}i which permanently reinstated the reef triggerfish (humuhumunukunukuapua{{unicode|&#699;}}a) as the state fish of Hawai{{unicode|&#699;}}i.<ref>http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2006/status/HB1982.asp</ref> The bill passed into law on [[May 2]], 2006 and was effective upon its approval.<ref>http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0005/HRS_0005-0011_0005.HTM</ref><ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12371386/</ref>

''Humuhumunukunukuapua{{unicode|&#699;}}a'' means "triggerfish with a pig-like short snout". It is not, as often claimed, the longest fish name in Hawaiian; that distinction belongs to ''lauwiliwilinukunuku{{unicode|&#699;}}oi{{unicode|&#699;}}oi'' ("long-snouted fish shaped like a ''[[wiliwili]]'' leaf"), the [[butterflyfish]] ''Forcipiger longirostris''.

==Trivia==

{{trivia|date=May 2007}}

* Eric Stone, a "boat songs" musician often compared to [[Jimmy Buffett]], sang a song about the fish titled simply, "The Humuhumunukunukuapuaa" found on the [[CD]] ''The Legend of the Lost Soul'' ([[2001 in music|2001]]).

* The 1933 song ''My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua Hawaii'' written by [[Bill Cogswell]], [[Tommy Harrison]], and [[Johnny Noble]], and popularized by [[Hank Snow]] is remembering about the place "Where the humuhumunukunukuapua{{unicode|&#699;}}a go swimming by".[http://www.luma-electronic.cz/lp/s/Snow/snow_snowinhawaii.htm]

* In the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode ''[[Rascals (TNG episode)|Rascals]]'', an animated reef triggerfish is part of the [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] of a classroom computer.

* In the [[Bugs Bunny]] short ''Waikiki Wabbit'', Bugs, as the sole inhabitant of a South Pacific Island, greets a pair of shipwrecked sailors by saying "welcome to Humuhumunukunukuapua{{unicode|&#699;}}a{{unicode|&#699;}}a{{unicode|&#699;}}a{{unicode|&#699;}}a{{unicode|&#699;}}a{{unicode|&#699;}}a{{unicode|&#699;}}a... Island."

* The daily comic strip ''[[Sherman's lagoon|Sherman's Lagoon]]'' features a visit of a Humuhumunukunukuapua{{unicode|&#699;}}a in the strips starting from 2006-07-15. Among others, he retells his story of being reinstalled as the Hawaiian state fish.

* The ''[[Fanta]]'' commercials feature a Hawaiian man named Jimijimi Humuhumunukunukuapuaa.

* It was also used by the [[Kona Bicycle Company]] as a name for one of their bikes in the mid [[1990s|'90s]]. Kona reinstated the bike and it is currently offered in 2006.

* It was accidentally captured by Dog "The Bounty Hunter" Chapman's daughter on an episode of the ''[[Dog the Bounty Hunter]]''. It was released safely after Dog found out that it was a HumuHumu.

* In the [[LDS cinema|LDS movie]] ''[[The R.M.]]'', the [[Tonga]]n foreign exchange student is named Humuhumuhukuapua'a.

* The trance fusion jam band ''[[The Disco Biscuits]]'' have a song named Humuhumunukunukuapua'a.

* In an episode of the animated cartoon [[Top Cat]], as the character of Benny the ball prepares for a vacation to Hawai'i he asks Top Cat what a Humuhumunukunukuapua'a is.

* KnoxKast Radio's Episode 44's name, Humuhumunukunuku, is a play on the name of the fish.

* For the purposes of religious sacrifices, every land animal in the Hawi'ian islands had an equivalent in the sea. The Humuhumunukunukuapua‘a was seen as equal to a pig.

* On the [[High School Musical 2 Soundtrack|soundtrack to the Disney Channel Original Movie]] [[High School Musical 2]] there is a track entitled ''''Humuhumunukunukuapua‘a'''' which is performed by [[Ashley Tisdale]] and [[Lucas Grabeel]].

==Notes==

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==References==

* {{ITIS|ID=173206|taxon=Rhinecanthus rectangulus|year=2006|date=30 January}}

* {{cite web|url=http://www.waquarium.org/MLP/root/pdf/MarineLife/Vertebrates/ReefTrigger.pdf|

title=Marine Life Profile: Reef Triggerfish|

work=Waikiki Aquarium|accessmonthday=10 November |

accessyear=2005}}

* {{FishBase species|genus=Rhinecanthus|species=rectangulus|year=2005|month=December}}

* {{cite web|url=http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb1982_.htm|title=Legislation to permanently establish as Hawaii state fish|accessmonthday=28 January |accessyear=2006}}

* {{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12371386/|title=Hawaii may honor fish with long name|accessmonthday=18 April |accessyear=2006}}

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