Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

Midway Harbor, 6 feet

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 15 feet

West Palm Beach, FL, 50 feet

Big Pine Key, Florida, 6 feet

A skittish species fairly common on reefs exposed to surge.  Vertical line drawn from edge of anal fin runs through caudal fin.  Elliptical body silver with prominent orange-brown lines on the body, upper edge of the gill opening, pectoral fin base, and around the eye, a black spot below the pectoral fin base, and 14 soft dorsal rays.  Attains 27 inches.  Circumtropical.  Regional species Kyphosus incisor & K. analogus are lumped here.