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Updated 5/20/2025

Family Ostreidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Dendostrea sandvichensis

 Moku o Loe, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

 

Ala Wai harbor, Oahu, 2 feet


Moku o Loe, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 3 feet


Maunalua Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

Kahalu'u, Hawai'i, 3 feet
   
   

HAWAIIAN OYSTER

Common on hard reef in shallow water of quiet bays and harbors.  Heavily encrusted by coralline algae, often distorted, triangular ribs and sawtooth margins.  Attains 2 inches.  Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Ostrea sandvicensis.