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Updated 9/25/2023

Family Acanthuridae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Ctenochaetus strigosus 

Juvenile, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 20 feet

 

Juvenile, Waimea Bay, Oahu, 30 feet

Juvenile, Waimea Bay, Oahu, 30 feet

 

Puako, Hawaii, 25 feet

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Juvenile, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet

Puako, Hawaii, 30 feet

 

Ho'okena, Hawaii, 40 feet

Ho'okena, Hawaii, 40 feet

Puako, Hawaii, 35 feet

 

Puako, Hawaii, 35 feet

 

Sea Tiger wreck, Oahu, 90 feet

 

Mokapu, Oahu, 35 feet

 

YO-257 Wreck, Waikiki, Oahu, 75 feet

Mokuleia, Oahu, 100 feet

 

Lana'i Lookout, Oahu, 40 feet

 



Juvenile, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet


Ko'olina, Oahu, 25 feet


Juvenile, Makena Landing, Maui


Kahe Point, Oahu, 20 feet
   

 GOLDRING SURGEONFISH        kole

Common among Finger Coral at any depth.  Juveniles greenish yellow with blue markings and faint dark stripes.  Feeds upon small crustaceans.  An excellent food fish but frequently implicated in cases of ciguatera poisoning.  Attains 9.5 inches.  Endemic to Hawaii.