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Family Tonnidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Tonna hawaiiensis 

Cargo Pier, Midway, 35 feet

Pearl & Hermes Reef, NWHI 70 feet

HAWAIIAN BLACK-MOUTHED TUN

Rarely found alive on sand in deep water, more common in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.  Attains 7 inches.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Separated from the Indo-Pacific Tonna melanostoma by Vos in 1997.