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Family Holocentridae

HAWAII

Myripristis kuntee

Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Fish Hole, Midway, 40 feet

100 ft. Hole, Waikiki, Oahu, 85 feet

 

Honokohau, Hawaii, 60 feet

 

Puako, Hawaii, 40 feet

Sea Cave, Oahu, 50 feet

EPAULET SOLDIERFISH         'U'U         Kuro-obi-matsukasa

Small scales and rounded profile.  Attains 7 inches.  Soft dorsal, anal, and caudal fins edged with white, base clear.  Silvery background and broad brown opercular bar.  Hawaii, Western Indian Ocean islands to the Marquesas.