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Family
Oplegnathidae
EAST ASIA / HAWAII
Oplegnathus punctatus
Subadult, Fish Hole, Midway, 45 feet
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Peek-a-boo, Midway Atoll, 45 feet |
Fish Hole, Midway, 45 feet |
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SPOTTED KNIFEJAW
Ishigakidai
| Uncommon in small groups under
ledges at scuba depths during the day in Japan and the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands but rarely seen around the Main Hawaiian Islands.
A popular Japanese sport and food fish. Young are silver with
black close-set puzzle-like spots that eventually merge and fade, large
adults have an ugly appearance with white around the mouth. Rarely
hybridizes
with the Barred Knifejaw. Attains at least 28 inches.
Subtropical East
Asia and Hawai'i. |
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