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Updated 9/19/2022

Family Gobiidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Opua nephodes 

Cargo Pier, Midway Atoll, 30 feet

 



South Kohala, Hawaii
   

CLOUDY GOBY

Locally common but rarely seen on silty sand or mud.  Somewhat bulging eyes with a green pupil ringed by yellow, fused black dots forming a prominent, broken stripe below.  Attains 2 inches.  Endemic to Hawai'i.