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miliaris
Updated 9/13/2022
Family Chaetodontidae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Chaetodon miliaris 
Juvenile, Kahe Point, Oahu, 25 feet
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Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet |
Kewalo, Oahu, 15 feet
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Palea Point, Oahu, 30 feet |
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100 ft. Hole, Waikiki, Oahu, 75 feet
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Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet |
Juvenile, Makua, Oahu, 10 feet
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Sea Tiger Wreck, Oahu, 75 feet |
Nihoa, NWHI, 40 feet
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Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet |
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YO-257 wreck, Waikiki, Oahu, 50 feet
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Juvenile, Waimea Bay, Oahu, 25 feet
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Eating fish eggs, Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet
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Night, Mahi wreck, Oahu, 80 feet |
Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet |
Kaiaka Wall, Oahu, 75 feet
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Juvenile, Kaiona, Oahu, 5 feet |
Waianae, Oahu, 25 feet
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MILLETSEED BUTTERFLYFISH
lauwiliwili
| An aggregating species common from Maui to Nihoa on reefs, rocky outcrops, walls, and wrecks exposed to current
to at least 800 feet deep. Feeds upon zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, detritus, and fish
eggs. Attains 6 inches. Endemic to Hawai'i. Closely related to Chaetodon
guentheri of the Western Pacific. |
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