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Updated 2/12/2023

Family Chaetodontidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Chaetodon lunula

Juvenile, Waimanalo, Oahu

 

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Juvenile, Waikiki Aquarium

 

Kapoho, Hawaii, 5 feet

 

Honokohau, Hawaii, 40 feet

 

Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii


Kuki'o, Hawaii, 12 feet


Juvenile, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 5 feet
  
   

 RACCOON BUTTERFLYFISH    kīkākapu    Chohan

Common nocturnal species alone or in aggregations on reefs to 100 feet.  Feeds upon benthic invertebrates and algae.  Attains 8 inches.  South Africa to Japan, Hawai'i, and the Austral Islands.