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Updated 9/13/2022
Family Cirrhitidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Paracirrhites forsteri
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 40 feet
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Sea Tiger, Oahu, 80 feet |
Blowhole, Oahu, 25 feet
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Puako, Hawaii, 25 feet
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Dark SP form, Poloa, American Samoa, 30 feet
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Sharkfin, Lana'i, 30 feet |
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Juvenile, Waimea Bay, Oahu, 30 feet
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Ho'okena, Hawaii, 40 feet
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Sea Cave, Oahu, 40 feet |
Makapu'u, Oahu, 20 feet
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Juvenile, YO-257 Wreck, Waikiki, Oahu, 75 feet |
Juvenile, Mokapu, Oahu, 35 feet |
Juvenile, Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 15 feet |

Subadult, Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 15 feet |

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 20 feet
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Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 25 feet
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Beqa Lagoon Resort, Fiji, 6 feet |

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet |

Puako, Hawaii, 25 feet
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Wetar, Indonesia, 6 feet
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Juvenile, Wetar, Indonesia, 6 feet
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Banda Naira, Indonesia, 25 feet |

Palau, 10 feet
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BLACKSIDE HAWKFISH
hilu piliko'a
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Fairly common on large coral
heads in shallow water exposed to surge. Head brown or pink with dark red freckles and
broad black stripe on the side bordered with yellow-white. Juveniles are
white below with yellowish-green over brown or yellow over reddish-black
stripes above. A dark South Pacific form without stripes has a yellow
tail. Attains 9 inches. Red Sea to
Japan, Hawai'i, and French Polynesia. |
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