Male, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 30 feet

Female, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 5 feet

Male, Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 45 feet

Female, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 20 feet

Feeding, Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 45 feet

Bite marks, Kewalo Pipe

Coral in mouth, Molokini

Mated pairs are fairly common on coral reefs at scuba depths.  Feeds primarily upon Cauliflower Coral, biting off small chunks leaving a white scar.  Grayish-brown with faint vertical bars, orange around the eye and a white mouth.  Females have a brown tail, males orange.  Attains 15 inches.  Hawai‘i, the Indo-Pacific, and Tropical Eastern Pacific.