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Family Chaetodontidae

Butterflyfishes

HAWAII

Chaetodon auriga

Kahalu'u, Hawaii, 4 feet

Juvenile, Utulei, Samoa, 10 feet

 

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 8 feet

 

Puako, Hawaii, 10 feet

Honokohau, Hawaii, 40 feet

THREADFIN BUTTERFLYFISH    KIKAKAPU    Toge-chochouo

Common as pair on reefs to 100 feet.  Feeds upon small invertebrates, coral polyps, & algae.  Attains 9 inches.  Indo-Pacific, Red Sea to South Africa, Japan, Hawaii, and the Marquesas.  Similar to Chaetodon vagabundus.