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Updated 3/20/2020
Family Mullidae
INDO-PACIFIC
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
Juveniles, Kahe Point, Oahu, 25 feet
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Fish Hole, Midway, 30 feet |
Dark phase, Cargo pier, Midway, 20 feet
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Fish Hole, Midway, 30 feet |
Fish Hole, Midway, 30 feet
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East Lagoon, Midway, 6 feet |
Kaka'ako, Oahu, 45 feet
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Kahe Point, Oahu, 25 feet |
Kahe Point, Oahu, 25 feet
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Night, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet |
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet
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Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 3 feet
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Honokohau, Hawaii, 30 feet
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Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet
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Juvenile, Ho'okena, Hawaii, 30 feet |
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Cargo Pier, Midway Atoll, 20 feet |
Sea Tiger, Oahu, 90 feet |
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet |
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet
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Honokohau, Hawaii, 25 feet
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Ho'okena, Hawaii, 50 feet |
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YELLOWFIN
GOATFISH weke 'ula
Aka-himeji
An aggregating species locally common on sandy reefs
at any depth, where it rests by day and forages alone over sand at
night. Body pale pink to rose with an unmarked yellow stripe,
yellow fins, and large eyes with a red iris. Night coloration is mottled pink and
gray or rose. A commercially important species that has been
displaced by the invasive Bluestripe Snapper. Also known locally
as red weke. Attains 15 inches. Red Sea to Hawai'i and
Easter Island. Very similar to Mulloidichthys
dentatus of the Tropical Eastern Pacific and
Mulloidichthys martinicus of
the Tropical Western Atlantic. Formerly known as Mulloidichthys
auriflamma. |
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