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Updated 4/1/2024

Family Holocentridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Myripristis vittata

Chromis, Midway, 70 feet

 

Wakatobi, Indonesia, 50 feet

 

Molokini Back Wall, 100 feet


Palau


Rainbow Reef, Fiji, 60 feet
   

WHITETIP SOLDIERFISH        'ū'ū         Beni-matsukasa

Locally common (rare in Hawaii) under ledges along dropoffs.  Red without dark bars or silvery sheen, white tipped dorsal spines.  Attains 10 inches.  Seychelles to Okinawa, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.