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Updated 6/30/2024

Family Pomacanthidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

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Female, Sea Cave, Oahu, 35 feet

 

Female, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet

 

Female, Koko Head Wall, Oahu, 45 feet

Male, Koko Craters, Oahu, 30 feet

 

Male, Sea Tiger Wreck, Oahu, 90 feet

Male, Sea Tiger Wreck, Oahu, 95 feet

 

Fish without black bars

 

Male, Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 30 feet


Kahe, Oahu, 30 feet
   

POTTER'S ANGELFISH

Common on reefs among branching coral or ledges deeper than 20 feet.  A solitary species that feeds upon algae.  Rarely hybridizes with Fisher's Angelfish.  Attains 5 inches.  Endemic to Hawai'i.