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Updated 11/22/2022
Family Priacanthidae
INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII
TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC
Heteropriacanthus carolinus
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
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Sea Cave, Oahu, 40 feet |
Night color, Cargo Pier, Midway Atoll, 20 feet |
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PACIFIC GLASSEYE
'āweoweo Gomahire-kintoki-dai Catalufa
de roca
A solitary species occasionally seen in dark holes by day, emerging at
night to feed upon small fishes and mobile invertebrates. The body
outline has rounded contours, the trailing edge of the tail is
rounded or convex
and the soft fin
rays with dark spots. Attains 17 inches. East Africa
to Hawaii and the Tropical Eastern Pacific. The Atlantic species
retains the original name
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus. |
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