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Updated 6/10/2022
Family
Labridae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Thalassoma duperrey
Juvenile, Makai Pier, Oahu, 8 feet
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Transition phase, Midway Atoll, 25 feet
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Male, Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet
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Male, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet
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Male, Keauhou, Hawaii, 30 feet |
Spawning, Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 30 feet
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Female, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet |
Male, Sea Tiger, Oahu 120 feet
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Cleaning 'opelu, 100-foot Hole, Oahu |
Shadowing goatfish, Pu'u Olai, Maui, 40 feet
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Female, Makaha, Oahu, 15 feet
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Feeding on fish eggs, Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet |
Spawning, Honokohau, Hawaii, 45 feet |
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Juvenile, Alligator Rock, Oahu, 20 feet |
Subadult, Kaiona, Oahu, 6 feet |
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SADDLE WRASSE
hīnālea lauwili
Perhaps the most common fish on shallow Hawaiian
reefs. Juveniles are striped brown, black and white, gradually
assuming the tri-colored adult pattern. Supermales have a diffuse
white streak behind the orange saddle. Feeds opportunistically on
invertebrates, fish eggs, and algae. Spawning aggregations may be
observed on spring and summer afternoons as the tide falls during a new
moon, with males herding a group of females until they all dart rapidly
upward, releasing eggs and sperm at the peak before descending.
Attains 10 inches. Endemic to
Hawai'i. May produce hybrids with
Sunset or
Fivestripe
Wrasses.
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