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Updated 10/25/2023
Family Monacanthidae
INDO-WEST PACIFIC /
TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC
Cantherhines dumerilii
Male, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 30 feet
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Female, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 5 feet |
Male, Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 45 feet
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Female, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 20 feet
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Feeding, Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 45 feet
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Bite marks, Kewalo Pipe |
Coral in mouth, Molokini |

Male, Honokohau, Hawaii, 25 feet
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Juvenile, Kahe Point, Oahu, 8 feet
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Juveniles, Ho'okena, Hawaii |

Keawakapu, Maui
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BARRED FILEFISH
'ō'ili
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Mated pairs are
fairly common on coral reefs at scuba depths. Feeds primarily upon
Cauliflower Coral, biting off small chunks leaving a white scar.
Grayish-brown with faint vertical bars, orange around the eye and a
white mouth. Females have a brown tail, males orange.
Attains 15 inches. East Africa to Hawaii and Colombia
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