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Family Lethrinidae
Emporers
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Emperors are snapper-like
fishes with large mouths and a flat spine on the gill cover. They
feed upon fish and invertebrates. The group is well-represented in
warm seas where they are popular food fishes but only one species occurs
in Hawai‘i.
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HAWAII
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Monotaxis grandoculis
BIGEYE EMPEROR, Juvenile
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Monotaxis grandoculis
BIGEYE EMPEROR, adult
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Family Sparidae
Porgies
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Emperors are snapper-like
fishes with disc-shaped bodies and tall faces. They
feed upon invertebrates and small fishes. The group is well-represented in
warm & temperate seas but none occur
in Hawai‘i.
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WESTERN ATLANTIC
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Calamus arctifrons
GRASS PORGY
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Archosargus probatocephalus
SHEEPSHEAD
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JAPAN
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