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> Surgeonfishes > Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis
Updated 9/21/2014
Family
Acanthuridae
CENTRAL PACIFIC / HAWAII
Ctenochaetus
hawaiiensis
Juvenile, Honokohau, Hawaii, 35 feet |
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Juvenile, Puako, Hawaii, 50 feet |
Subadult, Honokohau, Hawaii, 35 feet |
Subadult, Honokohau, Hawaii, 35 feet |
Puako, Hawaii, 30 feet |
Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 10 feet |
Puako, Hawaii, 25 feet |
Ho'okena, Hawaii, 40 feet
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Red Hill, Hawaii, 50 feet |
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CHEVRON TANG or BLACK
SURGEONFISH
Black kole
Locally common only around the island of Hawai'i
and East Maui, the juvenile Chevron Tang is strikingly beautiful and
quite skittish, darting about beds of
Finger Coral at
scuba depth. Colors gradually fade to dark brown with
closely-spaced lines visible at certain angles. Adults prefer
active water among cliffs and boulders. Attains 11 inches.
Micronesia to Hawai'i and French Polynesia. |
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