More than 20 percent of Hawaiian reef fishes are found nowhere else in the world.  Several are especially common and easily recognized by snorkelers and divers while others are rare.  These endemic species are especially well-represented at the oldest islands including Pearl & Hermes Reef, Midway Atoll, and Kure Atoll at the northwest end of the island chain.

Potter's Angelfish

Centropyge potteri

Fisher's Angelfish

Centropyge fisheri

Female Masked Angelfish

Genicanthus personatus

Male Masked Angelfish

Genicanthus personatus

Bandit Angelfish

Apolemichthys arcuatus

Hawaiian Bigeye

Priacanthus meeki

Ewa Fangblenny

Plagiotremus ewaensis

Gosline's Fangblenny

Plagiotremus goslinei

Marbled Blenny

Entomacrodus marmoratus

Scarface Blenny

Cirripectes vanderbilti

Zebra Blenny

Istiblennius zebra

Bluelined Butterflyfish

Chaetodon fremblii

Milletseed Butterflyfish

Chaetodon miliaris

Pebbled Butterflyfish

Chaetodon multicinctus

Hawaiian Chub

Kyphosus hawaiiensis

Orangemargin Butterflyfish

Prognathodes basabei

Hawaiian Ruby Cardinalfish

Apogon erythrinus

Spotted Cardinalfish

Apogon maculiferus