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Updated 8/12/2018

Family Microdesmidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Ptereleotris heteroptera

Poloa, American Samoa, 50 feet

 

Makua, Oahu, 35 feet

 


Kea'au, Oahu, 50 feet		  

SPOT-TAIL or INDIGO DARTFISH

Uncommon over sandy rubble at scuba depths.  Pairs inhabit a burrow into which they dart for safety.  Skittish and difficult to approach.  Attains 4 inches.  Red Sea to French Polynesia and Hawai'i..