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Updated 12/27/2013

Family Mithrodiidae

HAWAII

Mithrodia fisheri  

Sharkfin, Lana'i, 80 feet

 

French Frigate Shoals, NWHI

Sea Cave, Oahu, 35 feet

 

Sea Cave, Oahu, 35 feet

 

Juvenile, Sea Cave, Oahu, 25 feet

Corsair wreck, Oahu, 100 feet (cropped)

 

Sea Cave, Oahu, 40 feet

Sea Cave, Oahu, 40 feet

 


Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet

FISHER'S STAR

Uncommon at scuba depths adjacent to ledges and walls.  Attains 20 inches.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Related to Mithrodia bradleyi of the Tropical Eastern Pacific.