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Family Holocentridae

HAWAII

Sargocentron spiniferum

Molokini back wall, 50 feet

 

Phoenix, Midway Atoll, 45 feet

Tafananai, American Samoa, 50 feet

SABER SQUIRRELFISH         ALA'IHI MAMA         Togari-ebisu

Large preopercular spine and mouth.  Soft rays orange or yellow; spiny dorsal vermilion.  Snout profile slightly concave; attains 18 inches.  An uncommon solitary species in Hawaii.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.