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Updated 9/25/2023

Family Monacanthidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pervagor aspricaudus



Kahe Point, Oahu, 20 feet

YO-257 Wreck, Waikiki, Oahu, 100 feet

 

Sea Tiger Wreck, Oahu, 95 feet

Sea Tiger Wreck, Oahu, 95 feet

 

YELLOWTAIL FILEFISH     'ō'ili

A shy species of current-swept reefs and rocky areas with many crevices to hide, more common deeper than 60 feet.  Gray fading to orange peppered with tiny black dots.  Attains 5 inches.  Mauritius to Okinawa, Hawai'i, and the Line Islands.