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Updated 9/13/2022

Family Labridae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

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Female, Palea Point, Oahu, 50 feet

 

Female, Kewalo Hump, Oahu, 90 feet

Female, Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 55 feet

 

 

Females, Sea Cave, Oahu, 60 feet

 

Female, Waianae, Oahu, 50 feet

Male, Palea Point, Oahu, 50 feet

Male, Angel Ledge, Midway, 95 feet

 

Kewalo Hump, Oahu, 90 feet

 

Male, Baby Barge, Oahu, 75 feet

Male, Ho'okena, Hawaii, 60 feet

 

Male, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet

Male, Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 55 feet

 

Male, Kewalo Hump, Oahu, 90 feet



Male, Waianae, Oahu, 50 feet
 
 

SMALLTAIL or PENCIL WRASSE

Locally common among rubble & dead coral deeper than 50 feet.  Blue-green male maintains a harem of red females.  Feeds upon small invertebrates.  Attains 5 inches.  Endemic to Hawai'i.