Nuptial male, Makua, Oahu, 30 feet

Three Tables, Oahu, 50 feet

Juvenile, Midway Lagoon, 25 feet 

Ke Iki Beach, Oahu, 20 feet

Uncommon on sand along the reef edge in deeper water.  Dark line between the eyes often extends onto the cheek.  Attains 2 inches.  Endemic Hawaiian subspecies.  Other subspecies occur in the Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic.