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Phantom Cardinalfish Lachneratus phasmaticus
Did you see an unusual fish in Hawai`i that's not in the Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes?

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ANGELFISHES
Lemonpeel Angelfish Centropyge flavissima

• Multicolor Angelfish Centropyge multicolor
• Nahacky's Angelfish Centropyge nahackyi
• Emperor Angelfish Pomacanthus imperator

BATFISHES
• Longfin Batfish Platax teira
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Golden Batfish Platax boersii

BOXFISHES
• Yellow Boxfish Ostracion cubicus

BUTTERFLYFISHES
• Butterflyfish hybrids

CARDINALFISHES  
Phantom Cardinalfish Lachneratus phasmaticus 

CHUBS
Bicolor Chub color variant Kyphosus hawaiiensis

DAMSELFISHES
Midget Chromis Chromis acares

South Seas Devil Chrysiptera taupou
Phoenix Island Damsel Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis

DRAGONETS
Exclamation Point Dragonet Callionymus corallinus

DRIFTFISH
Freckled Driftfish Psenes cyanophrys
Dusky Driftfish Psenes arafurensis

EELS
Bronze-Jaw Moray Gymnothorax mucifer
Lipspot Moray Gymnothorax chilospilus
Pencil Snake Eel Apterichtus klazingai
Yellowtail Snake Eel Apterichtus flavicaudus
Shorttail Snake Moray Scuticaria okinawae
Giant Moray juvenile Gymnothorax javanicus

Marbled Snake Eel Callechelys marmorata

FILEFISHES
Unicorn Filefish juvenile Aluterus monoceros

FLAGTAILS
Zebra-Head Flagtail Kuhlia sandvicensis

FROGFISHES
Lined Frogfish Antennatus linearis
Randall's Frogfish Antennarius randalli

GOATFISHES
Mimic Goatfish Mulloidichthys mimicus
Yellow morph of Blue Goatfish Parupeneus cyclostomus

GOBIES
Noble Goby Priolepis eugenius
One-Scale Dwarf Goby Trimma unisquamis
Red Earth Dwarf Goby Trimma milta 
Susan's Pygmy Goby Eviota susanae

GROUPER FAMILY 
Dwarf Perchlet Plectranthias nanus

HERRINGS 
Delicate Roundherring Spratelloides delicatulus

LIZARDFISHES 
Nebulous Lizardfish Saurida nebulosa

PIPEFISHES (update to book)
Edmondson's Pipefish Halicampus edmondsoni

PUFFERFISHES 
Spotted Puffer (yellow color variant) Arothron meleagris

RAYS  (update to older editions of book)
Coastal Manta Mobula alfredi
Pelagic Manta Mobula birostris

SCORPIONFISHES  (correction to older editions)
Cheekspot Scorpionfish Scorpaenodes evides

SILVERSIDES  (correction to older editions)
Hawaiian Silverside Atherinomorus insularum

SNAPPERS  
Humpback Snapper Lutjanus gibbus 

SOLDIERFISHES  
Blotch-Eye Soldierfish Myripristis murdjan 

SURGEONFISHES
Longnose Tang Zebrasoma rostratum
"Albino" Yellow Tang Zebrasoma flavescens
Palette Tang Paracanthurus hepatus   

TRIGGERFISHES
Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish Canthidermis maculata
Hybrid Wedgetail x Lagoon Triggerfish Rhinecanthus rectangulus x aculeatus

VIVIPAROUS BROTULAS
Nagareda's Viviparous Brotula Grammonus nagaredai

WRASSES
hybrid Bird Wrasse x Saddle Wrasse Gomphosus varius x Thalassoma duperrey
hybrid Fivestripe Wrasse x Saddle Wrasse Thalassoma quinquevittatus x Thalassoma duperrey
Indo-Pacific Knifefish Cymolutes praetextatus

 


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