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Peppered Moray Gymnothorax pictus

Did you see an unusual fish in Hawai`i that's not in Hawaii's Fishes?

If so, check these out


ANGELFISHES
• Nahackyi's Angelfish Centropyge nahackyi
• Multicolor Angelfish Centropyge multicolor
• 
Hybrid Angelfish Centropyge loricula x potteri

BATFISHES
• Longfin Batfish Platax teira

BUTTERFLYFISHES
• Chevron Butterflyfish Chaetodon trifascialis

BLENNIES 
Bullethead Blenny Blenniella gibbifrons  
Mangrove Blenny Omobranchus obliquus  
Marbled Blenny Entomacrodus marmoratus

BOXFISHES
• 
male Whitley's Boxfish Ostracion whitleyi  
• 
Spiny Cowfish Lactoria diaphana

CARDINALFISHES  
Deetsie's Cardinalfish Apogon deetsie  
• 
Waikiki Cardinalfish Apogonichthys perdix 
Evermann's Cardinalfish Apogon evermanni  
Bay Cardinalfish Foa brachygramma  
Transparent Cardinalfish Pseudamiops diaphanes

CHUBS  
Bicolor or Hawaiian Chub Kyphosus hawaiiensis

Gray Chub Kyphosus sandwicensis
Rainbow Chub Sectator ocyurus

DAMSELFISHES 
South Seas Devil Chrysiptera taupou
Phoenix Island Damselfish Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis new

DRAGONETS  
Longtail Dragonet Callionymus decoratus

EELS
Mystery Moray Gymnothorax meleagris / eurostus color variation?  
Giant or Java Moray Gymnothorax javanicus
Peppered Moray Gymnothorax pictus  
Slendertail Moray Gymnothorax gracilicaudus  
Large-Spotted Snake Moray Uropterygius polyspilus  
Barred Moray Echidna polyzona  
Fowler's Snake Eel Ophichthus fowleri
Saddled Snake Eel Leiuranus semicinctus

FROGFISHES
Hawaiian Freckled Frogfish Antennarius drombus  
Painted Frogfish Antennarius pictus
Randall's Frogfish Antennarius randalli new August 08

GOATFISHES
Mimic Goatfish Mulloidichthys mimicus
Island Goatfish Parupeneus insularis

GOBIES 
Hawaiian Shrimp Goby Psilogobius mainlandi  
Twospot Sand Goby Coryphopterus duospilus
Michel's Coral Goby Pleurosicya micheli  
Taylor's Goby Trimma taylori  
Mooring Line Goby Bryaninops amplus  
Half-Spotted Goby Asterropteryx semipunctatus
Shoulderspot Goby Gnatholepis caurensis
Eyebar Goby Gnatholepis anjerensis
Cloudy Goby Opua nephodes

GROUPERS  
Giant Grouper Epinephelus lanceolatus

HERRINGS  
Goldspot Herring Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus

Delicate Round Herring Spratelloides delicatulus

JACKS & TREVALLIES  
Threadfin Jack Alectis ciliaris  
• 
Whitetongue Jack Uraspis helvola  
• 
Barred Jack Carangoides ferdau  
Black Trevally Caranx lugubris  
Thicklipped Jack juvenile Pseudocaranx dentex

KNIFEJAWS  
Barred Knifejaw Oplegnathus fasciatus

LADYFISHES  
Hawaiian Ladyfish Elops hawaiensis

LIZARDFISHES
Lobel's Lizardfish Synodus lobeli
Nearsighted Lizardfish (Snakefish) Trachinocephalus myops
Redmarbled Lizardfish Synodus rubromarmoratus

MILKFISH  
Milkfish Chanos chanos

PARROTFISHES  
Mystery Parrotfish Chlorurus perspicillatus x Chlorurus sordidus

PEARLFISHES  
Fowler's Pearlfish Onuxodon fowleri

PIPEFISHES & SEAHORSES
Ball's Pipefish Cosmocampus balli
Yellow Seahorse Hippocampus kuda

PUFFERFISHES and PORCUPINEFISHES  
Spotted Burrfish Chilomycterus reticulatus

SANDLANCES
Pyle's Sandlance Ammodytoides pylei

SCORPIONFISHES and allies  
• 
Hawaiian Velvetfish Caracanthus maculatus
• 
Lowfin Scorpionfish Scorpaenodes parvipinnis
• 
Shortsnout Scorpionfish Scorpaenopsis brevifrons
• 
Spotfin Scorpionfish Sebastapistes ballieui

• Fowler's Scorpionfish Sebastapistes fowleri  
• Galactic Scorpionfish Sebastapistes galactacma  

SQUIRRELFISHES and SOLDIERFISHES  
Dwarf Squirrelfish Sargocentron iota  

SURGEONFISHES
Blueline Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigroris  (yikes, I mistakenly left this common fish out of Hawaii's Fishes 2nd ed.)
Whitemargin Unicornfish Naso annulatus
• 
Gray Unicornfish Naso caesius   
Lined Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus   
Longnose Tang Zebrasoma rostratum  
• 
juvenile Sailfin Tang Zebrasoma veliferum

TRIGGERFISHES  
Mystery Triggerfish

WRASSES
juvenile Psychedelic Wrasse Anampses chrysocephalus 
juvenile Redshoulder Wrasse?? Stethojulis bandanensis??  
juvenile Shortnose Wrasse Macropharyngodon geoffroy 
Slingjaw Wrasse Epibulus insidiator
• 
Whitepatch Razor Wrasse Iniistius aneitensis
• 
Baldwin's Razor Wrasse Iniistius baldwini 
• 
Bronze-Spot Razor Wrasse Iniistius celebicus 
• 
Black Peacock Razor Wrasse Iniistius "niger"
• 
Wood's Razor Wrasse Xyrichtys woodi  
• 
Forktailed Sand Wrasse Ammolabrus dicrus  

 


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