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Family Pomacanthidae

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HAWAII

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Juvenile, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet

 

Female, Pearl & Hermes Reef, 40 feet

Female, Bulky Dump, Midway Atoll, 60 feet

 

Female, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet

 

 

Female with Table coral, French Frigate Shoals, 40 feet

 

Females, Pearl & Hermes Reef, 30 feet

Male, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet

MASKED ANGELFISH

Inhabits reefs and ledges exposed to current.  Locally common deeper than 300 feet in the Main Hawaiian Islands; deeper than 25 feet at Kure, Midway, Pearl & Hermes Reef, and French Frigate Shoals.  Males are marked with orange, black pattern of female varies greatly with age.  Feeds upon zooplankton.  Endemic to Hawaii.