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Family Chaetodontidae

HAWAII

Chaetodon ephippium

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet

 

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 45 feet

 

Kapoho, Hawaii, 5 feet

 

 Juvenile, Faga'alu, Samoa, 5 feet

 SADDLEBACK BUTTERFLYFISH    kīkākapu   Seguro-chochouo

Skittish species found as pair on reefs to 100 feet, it is rare in Hawai‘i but fairly common elsewhere.  Feeds upon coral polyps, benthic invertebrates, filamentous algae, and fish eggs.  Attains 12 inches.  Sri Lanka to Japan, Hawai‘i, and the Marquesas.