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Updated 11/27/2015

Family Scorpaenidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

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Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 40 feet

 

Puako, Hawaii, 15 feet

Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 35 feet

 

Sharks Cove, O'ahu, 30 feet

Juvenile, Chromis, Midway Atoll, 35 feet

 

Sharks Cove, O'ahu, 20 feet

Sharks Cove, O'ahu, 25 feet

Puako, Hawai'i, 30 feet

 

Puako, Hawai'i, 30 feet

Sharks Cove, O'ahu, 35 feet

 

Sharks Cove, O'ahu, 10 feet



Juvenile, Hale'iwa Trench, O'ahu, 20 feet



Sharks Cove, O'ahu, 10 feet


Juvenile, Hale'iwa Trench, O'ahu, 40 feet

 TITAN SCORPIONFISH      nohu

Large species uncommon among boulders and rocky outcrops at scuba depths due to spearfishing but common in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.  Broad tapering head, orange with ornate pattern of black lines and multicolored flecks.  Attains 20 inches.  Endemic to Hawai'i.