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Updated 4/30/2022

Family Scorpaenidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Scorpaenodes corallinus

Night color, Puako, Hawaii, 40 feet



Day color, Kewalo, Oahu, 60 feet

CORAL SCORPIONFISH

Rare among branching coral deeper than 20 feet.  Narrow white bar on upper caudal peduncle and narrow white wedge pointing down from dorsal fin.  Attains 4 inches.  East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.