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Updated 3/20/2020

Family Chaetodontidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Chaetodon ephippium

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet

 

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 45 feet

 

Kapoho, Hawaii, 5 feet

 

Juvenile, Moku o Loe, Oahu, 3 feet 

 Juvenile, Faga'alu, Samoa, 5 feet
 

 SADDLEBACK BUTTERFLYFISH    kīkākapu   Seguro-chochouo

Pairs occur on shallow reefs, murky lagoons, and harbors.  Uncommon in Hawai'i but fairly common in the tropics.  Feeds upon coral polyps, benthic invertebrates, filamentous algae, and fish eggs.  Attains 12 inches.  Sri Lanka to Japan, Hawai'i, and the Marquesas.