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Sebastapistes ballieui
Updated 3/16/2014
Family
Scorpaenidae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Sebastapistes ballieui
Haleiwa Beach, Oahu, 10 feet |
Channel, Midway Atoll, 30 feet |
North Beach, Midway Atoll, 10 feet |
Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu |
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Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu |
Ke Iki Beach, Oahu, 20 feet |
Sand Island, Oahu, 6 feet |
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SPOTFIN SCORPIONFISH
Common in crevices or under rocks on shallow reefs
during the day, emerges at night to feed. Olive green or beige
mottled with red and white, a prominent branched flap above each eye,
and an obscure dark spot on the spiny dorsal fin. Attains 5 inches.
Endemic to Hawai'i.
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