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longirostris
Family Chaetodontidae
Butterflyfishes
HAWAII
Forcipiger longirostris
Old Kona Airport, Hawaii, 40 feet
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Ke'ei, Hawaii, 45 feet
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Transition phase, Honaunau, Hawaii, 30 feet
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Dark phase, Puako, Hawaii, 30 feet
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Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 50 feet
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Puako, Hawaii, 30 feet |
YO-257 Wreck, Waikiki, Oahu, 80 feet
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Sand Island Pipe, Oahu, 75 feet |
Sand Island Pipe, Oahu, 75 feet
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Puako, Hawaii, 35 feet |
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Puako, Hawaii, 35 feet |
Mokuleia, Oahu, 100 feet |
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LONGNOSE BUTTERFLYFISH
LAUWILIWILINUKUNUKU'OI'OI Ofueyakkodai
| Locally common as pair on seaward reefs to 200 feet. Brown fish
are most common along the west coast of Hawaii Island and normal fish
are rare north of Oahu. Opening of mouth very small; snout very long; rows of brown dots
below pectoral fin. Feeds upon
small crustaceans. Attains 8.5 inches. F.
flavissimus has a larger gape but shorter snout and lacks a
light breast patch. Indo-Pacific, East Africa to Ogasawara, Hawaii, and Pitcairn Island. |
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