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Updated 12/27/2013

Family Cirrhitidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Cirrhitus pinnulatus

Makapu'u Pinnacle, Oahu, 15 feet

 

Lanai Lookout, Oahu, 40 feet

 

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

 


Sharks Cove, Oahu, 20 feet

STOCKY HAWKFISH        po'opa'a

Common on shallow reefs exposed to surge.  A thick-bodied fish that sits on the reef and darts into crevices when approached.  Feeds upon small fish and a wide variety of mobile invertebrates including snails.  Attains 12 inches.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.