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Family Holocentridae

HAWAII

Plectrypops lima

Pitt Stop, Midway, 40 feet

 

Kaunolu Point, Lana'i, 25 feet

Kaunolu Point, Lana'i, 25 feet

PRICKLY SQUIRRELFISH

Found in deep dark holes, emerges at night to feed.  Difficult to photograph.  Eyes set far forward to allow binocular vision.  Attains 10 inches.  Hawaii, Indo-Pacific, Tropical Eastern Pacific islands.