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Updated 6/30/2014

Family Pomacentridae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Abudefduf abdominalis   

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 20 feet

 

Nuptial, Pitt Stop, Midway, 30 feet

Spawning, Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 35 feet

 

Juvenile, Firehouse, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Nests, Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 35 feet

 

Eggs being eaten, Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet

Juveniles, Moku o Loe, Oahu, 3 feet

 



Hanauma Bay, Oahu


Honokohau, Hawaii, 20 feet
 

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.