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Updated 9/13/2022
Family
Labridae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Thalassoma purpureum
Female, Midway Lagoon, 5 feet |
Male, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 5 feet
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Male, Pitt Stop, Midway Atoll, 30 feet
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Supermale, East Lagoon, Midway Atoll, 3 feet |
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Male, Kahe Point, Oahu, 12 feet
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SURGE
WRASSE hou
Kinu-bera
A large skittish wrasse uncommon on shallow
reefs exposed to wave action. Green females are nearly
indistinguishable from the Christmas
Wrasse except for the unorganized reddish-brown spots ahead of the eye.
Males have a large blunt head, greenish-blue with two red mid-body
stripes. Feeds upon small fish and invertebrates. Attains 17 inches.
Red Sea to Okinawa, Hawai'i, and French Polynesia.
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