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Created 6/11/2014

Family Carapidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Onuxodon fowleri

Makena Landing, Maui, 35 feet

FOWLER'S PEARLFISH

Rarely observed at night when they leave their home within live Pearl or Rock Oysters to locate small invertebrate prey.  Semi-transparent with a dark vertebral column and tail.  Attains 3.5 inches.  South Africa to Okinawa, Hawaii, and Pitcairn.