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Family Holocentridae

HAWAII

Neoniphon sammara

Kona Village, Hawaii, 35 feet

 

Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 45 feet

Honaunau, Hawaii, 50 feet

 

Honaunau, Hawaii, 50 feet

SPOTFIN SQUIRRELFISH         ALA'IHI         Ukeguchi-ittodai

Silver with brown stripes; pointed snout.  Dark spot on spiny dorsal fin; attains 12 inches.  Soft dorsal, anal, and caudal fins yellow & brown.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.