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Updated 6/12/2022

Family Bothidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Bothus pantherinus

Kahe Point, Oahu, 30 feet

 

Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 30 feet

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 40 feet

 

Kahala, Oahu, 2 feet

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 45 feet

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 45 feet

 

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 45 feet

 

Pu'u Olai, Maui, 30 feet



Makai Pier, Oahu, 15 feet


Kaiona, Oahu, 3 feet
   

PANTHER FLOUNDER    pāki'i

Common on sand or rubble at any depth.  Forehead profile is rounded and the eyes are set close together, the forward edge of upper eye overlaps an imaginary vertical line from the back of the lower eye.  Attains 15 inches.  Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia.