Marine Life Identification
Hawaiian Fish
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 (Hover over camera to view photo of this fish) (Endemic to Hawaii) |
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Fisher's angelifsh |
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Centropyge fisheri |
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Flame angelfish | |
Centropyge loriculus |
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Japanese angelfish | |
Centropyge interrupta |
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Potters angelfish |
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Centropyge potteri |
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Bandit angelfish |
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Holacanthus arcuatus |
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Masked anglefish |
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Genicanthus personatus |
| Butterflyfish | |||
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Threadfin butterflyfish | |
Chaetodon auriga |
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Speckled butterflyfish | lauhau | Chaetodon citrinellus |
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Saddleback butterflyfish | |
Chaetodon eqhippium |
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Pennant butterflyfish | |
Heniochus diphreutes |
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Bluestripe butterflyfish |
kikakapu | Chaetodon fremblii |
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Blacklip butterflyfish | |
Chaetodon kleinii |
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Lined butterflyfish | kikakapu | Chaetodon lineolatus |
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Raccoon butterflyfish | kikakapu | Chaetodon lunula |
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Oval butterflyfish | |
Chaetodon lunulatus |
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Milletseed butterflyfish |
lauwiliwili | Chaetodon miliaris |
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Multiband butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon multicinctus |
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Ornate butterflyfish | kikakapu | Chaetodon ornatissimus |
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Fourspot butterflyfish | lau-hau | Chaetodon quadrimaculatus |
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Reticulated butterflyfish | |
Chaetodon reticulatus |
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Tinker's butterflyfish | |
Chaetodon tinkeri |
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Chevron butterflyfish | |
Chaetodon trifascialis |
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Teardrop butterflyfish | kikakapu | Chaetodon unimaculatus |
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Longnose butterflyfish | lau-wiliwili-nukunuku-oi'oi | Forcipiger sp. |
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Pyramid butterflyfish | |
Hemitaurichthys polylepis |
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Thompson's butterflyfish | |
Hemitaurichthys thompsoni |
| Damselfish | |||
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Sergeant Major damselfish |
mamo | Abudefduf abdominalis |
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Blackspot Sergeant damselfish | kupipi | Abudefduf sordidus |
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Agile Chromis | |
Chromis agilis |
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Chocolate-dip Chromis |
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Chromis hanui |
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Oval Chromis |
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Chromis ovalis |
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Blackfin Chromis | |
Chromis vanderbilti |
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Threespot Chromis |
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Chromis verater |
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Hawaiian Dascyllus |
alo'ilo'i | Dascyllus albisella |
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Bright-eye damselfish | |
Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis |
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Blue-eye damselfish | |
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus |
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Hawaiian Rock damselfish |
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Plectroglyphidodon sindonis |
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Pacific Gregory | |
Stegaster fasciolatus |
| Eels | |||
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Large-eye Conger eel |
puhi | Ariosoma marginatum |
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Crocodile Snake eel | puhi | Brachysomophis crocodilinus |
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Bearded Cust eel | puhi-palahoana | Brotula multibarbata |
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Freckled Snake eel |
puhi | Callechelys lutea |
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Conger eel | puhi-uha | Conger cinereus |
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Garden eel | puhi | Gorgasia hawaiiensis |
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Dwarf Moray | puhi | Gymnothorax melatremus |
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Whitemouth Moray | puhi | Gymnothorax meleagris |
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Yellowmouth Moray | puhi | Gymnothorax nudivomer |
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Viper Moray | puhi-kauila | Enchelynassa canina |
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Snowflake eel | puhi-kapa | Echidna nebulosa |
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Dragon Moray | puhi-kauila | Enchelycore pardalis |
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Zebra Moray | puhi | Gymnomuraena zebra |
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Whitemargin Moray | puhi | Gymnothorax albimarginatus |
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Stout Moray | puhi | Gymnothorax eurostus |
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Yellowmargin Moray | puhi paka | Gymnothorax flavimarginatus |
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Yellowhead Moray | puhi-ou | Gymnothorax rueppelliae |
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Undulated Moray | puhi-lau-milo | Gymnothorax undulatus |
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Tiger Moray | puhi | Scuticaria tigrinus |
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Spotted Snake eel | puhi-la'au | Myrichthys maculosus |
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