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Family Chaetodontidae

HAWAII

Chaetodon quadrimaculatus

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 20 feet

Juvenile, Kaena Point, Oahu, 25 feet

FOURSPOT BUTTERFLYFISH    lauhau    Shiten-chochouo

Pairs are fairly common on reefs in clear water to 50 feet.  Feeds upon Cauliflower coral polyps and benthic invertebrates.  Attains 6 inches.  Central Pacific, Taiwan, Okinawa, and Hawai‘i.