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Home > Fishes
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Family Kyphosidae
HAWAII
Kyphosus
hawaiiensis
Pitt Stop, Midway Atoll, 40 feet
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Dark phase, Pitt Stop, Midway Atoll, 30 feet
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Yellow form, Phoenix, Midway Atoll, 45 feet
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Subadult, Cargo Pier, Midway Atoll, 15 feet
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Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet |
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Sharks Cove, Oahu, 15 feet
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HAWAIIAN CHUB
nenue
A robust, skittish species quite rare in small groups
on reefs exposed to surge at any depth, the population center appears to
be the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Vertical line drawn from
edge of anal fin runs through middle of gap between dorsal and caudal
fin. Gray with faint brown lines, sometimes with a pale
mid-body band, or charcoal gray with iridescent speckles, black along
the upper edge of the gill opening, and a black spot at the pectoral fin
base, pelvic fin tips
nearly reaching anus, 18 pectoral rays, 12 soft dorsal rays. Attains 20
inches. Endemic to Hawai'i. |
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