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Family
Dactylopteridae
HAWAII Dactyloptena
orientalis
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Kailua Bay, Hawaii, 35 feet |
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 5 feet
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Juvenile, Haleiwa, Oahu, 110 feet
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Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Hickam Harbor, Oahu |
Ko'olina, Oahu, 20 feet
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HELMET GURNARD
| A skittish species uncommon over sand or mud at any depth where it feeds upon invertebrates at night. Broad showy pectoral fins are extended to appear too large to be eaten. Attains 15 inches. Hawai‘i and the Indo-Pacific. Replaced
by Dactylopterus volitans in the Western Atlantic. |
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