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Updated 3/22/2020

Family Labridae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

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Juvenile, Makapu'u, Oahu, 20 feet

 

Female, Koko Craters, 30 feet

 

Female, Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 30 feet

Female, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 15 feet

 

Terminal male, Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 30 feet

 

Male, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet

Transitional male, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 20 feet

 

Juvenile, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 15 feet


Hanauma Bay, Oahu

PEARL WRASSE     'ōpule      Buchi-suzuki-bera

Uncommon on shallow reefs exposed to surge.  Females reddish-brown with white scale rows, males blue with red eyes.  Attains 14 inches.  Endemic to Hawai'i.  Males were formerly known as Anampses godeffroyi.