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Updated 10/26/2022

Family Labridae

TROPICAL PACIFIC / HAWAII

Gomphosus varius

Female, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 10 feet

 

Female, Kahalu'u, Hawaii, 35 feet

 

Male, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 10 feet

 

Male, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Juvenile, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 10 feet

 

Male, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

Juvenile, Waikiki, Oahu

 

Male, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 5 feet

Female, Puako, Hawaii, 30 feet

 

Male, Puako, Hawaii, 30 feet

Male, Puako, Hawaii, 70 feet

 

Female, Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet



Male, Honokohau, Hawaii, 30 feet



Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet



Juvenile-female


Juvenile, Kaiona, Oahu, 5 feet



Female, Kahe Point, Oahu, 15 feet
 
   

BIRD WRASSE    hīnālea 'akilolo (F)    hīnālea 'i'iwi (M)

Fairly common on shallow reefs.  Females in transition range from reddish-brown to emerald green.  Feeds upon invertebrates.  Attains 12 inches.  Indonesia to Okinawa, Hawai'i, and French Polynesia.  Males were formerly known as Gomphosus tricolor.