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Home > Fishes
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Updated 9/25/2023
Family
Labridae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Coris venusta
Female, Kahe Point, Oahu, 30 feet
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Juvenile, Kahe Point, Oahu, 30 feet
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Male, Kahe Point, Oahu, 25 feet |
Juvenile, Three Tables, Oahu, 30 feet
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Juvenile, Makaha, Oahu, 30 feet
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Juvenile, Waimea Bay, Oahu, 30 feet
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Juvenile, Three Tables, Oahu, 40 feet
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Juvenile, Waimea Bay, Oahu,
20 feet |
Female, Waimea Bay, Oahu, 30 feet
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Female, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 75 feet
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Male, Kahe Point, Oahu, 20 feet
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Male, Makaha, Oahu, 30 feet |
Male, Lanai Lookout, Oahu, 25 feet
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Male, Lanai Lookout, Oahu, 25 feet
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Supermale, North Beach, Midway Atoll, 8 feet |
Male, Kea'au, Oahu, 50 feet
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Male, Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet
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Male, Waimea Bay, Oahu, 30 feet
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Male, Firehouse, Oahu, 20 feet |
Emerging from sand after rest, Poipu, Kauai |
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ELEGANT CORIS
Common on sandy reefs at any depth, while supermales
are extremely rare. Colors vary considerably with age and gender,
with a constant being the dark tag on upper tip of the gill cover.
Juveniles and subadults are reddish-brown or gray and white with a wide
brown stripe on the upper anterior half. Attains 8 inches. Endemic to
Hawai'i.
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