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Updated 3/27/2019

Family Albulidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Albula glossodonta



Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 5 feet

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 10 feet

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

 

 SHORTJAW BONEFISH     'o'io     Soto-iwashi

Uncommon on sand flats to at least 100 feet.  Has soft light-colored flesh used to make fishcake.  Attains 36 inches.  Lacks a yellow spot at the base of the pectoral fin.  Red Sea to Hawai'i and French Polynesia.