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Family Monacanthidae

HAWAII

Cantherhines verecundus   

Chromis, Midway Atoll, 60 feet

 

Night, Blowhole, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Blowhole, Oahu, 25 feet

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 40 feet

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 60 feet

Night, YO-257, Waikiki, Oahu, 90 feet

SHY FILEFISH     ‘ō‘ili

A skittish species uncommon among rubble or ledges exposed to current at deeper scuba depths where it feeds upon encrusting invertebrates.  Gray-brown with irregular blotches and yellow eyes.  Attains 6 inches.  Endemic to Hawai‘i.  Related to Cantherhines fronticinctus of the Indo-Pacific.