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Updated 8/14/2016
Family Priacanthidae
HAWAII
Priacanthus meeki
Juveniles, Cargo Pier,
Midway Atoll, 20 feet
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Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 40 feet |
Cargo Pier,
Midway Atoll, 25 feet
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Pupukea Firehouse, O'ahu, 20 feet
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Night color, Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 40 feet |
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HAWAIIAN
BIGEYE 'āweoweo
A solitary or aggregating species seasonally common in dark holes by
day, emerging at night to feed upon large zooplankton. The body
outline is slightly elongate, the forehead and
trailing edge of the tail is slightly concave, and the soft fin
rays lack spots.
Attains 13 inches. This species experiences a boom-bust
reproductive cycle as adults are rarely seen for several years until
hordes of juveniles appear by summer and disappear over time. The
last mass settlement occurred in 2003 and the population center appears
to be in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Endemic to
Hawai'i. |
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