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Updated 6/30/2014
Family Pomacentridae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Abudefduf abdominalis
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 20 feet
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Nuptial, Pitt Stop, Midway, 30 feet |
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Spawning, Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 35 feet
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Juvenile, Firehouse, Oahu, 25 feet
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Nests, Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 35 feet
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Eggs being eaten, Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet |
Juveniles, Moku o Loe, Oahu, 3 feet |
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Hanauma Bay, Oahu
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Honokohau, Hawaii, 20 feet |
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HAWAIIAN
SERGEANT mamo
Common in aggregations
hovering above reef outcrops and ledges exposed to current where they
feed upon
zooplankton. Silver with a blue or green cast and yellow above in
juveniles, shifting to the central body in adults, five black bars with
the last barely present on the caudal peduncle in adults, silver tail,
and protruding snout. Nuptial males appear more blue with yellow
replacing some of the black bars. Nests are circular patches of
tiny purple eggs. Hybrids have
been observed between this species and the recently established Indo-Pacific
Sergeant. Attains 9 inches. Endemic to Hawai'i. |
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