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Due to Hawaii's isolation 30% of the fish are endemic (unique to the island chain). [1] The Hawaiian Islands comprise 137 islands and atolls, with a land area of 6,423.4 square miles (16,636.5 km 2). [2] This archipelago and its oceans are physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania.
Primary source for this list is Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database [1] unless otherwise stated. Common coquí; American bullfrog; Cane toad; Green and black poison dart frog; Greenhouse frog; Japanese wrinkled frog
Belonging on an Island: Birds, Extinction and Evolution in Hawaii. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. ISBN 978-0-3002-2964-6.. Chapter 2 of the book is about the ʻōʻō, including the work of John Sincock, who rediscovered the bird in the early 1970s. Kauaʻi ʻōʻō; ML: Macaulay Library Archived February 8, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
Pages in category "Fish of Hawaii" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 200 total. ... Island trevally; J. Japanese amberjack; K. Kuhlia sandvicensis;
They are found in tropical parts of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, with the greatest species richness near reefs in the Indo-Pacific. Most are found at depths from the shoreline to 100 m (330 ft), but some, notably the members of the genus Ostichthys , are generally found far deeper.
Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans, 1893 Illustration by William Ellis. The Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō was first described by Blasius Merrem in 1786. It had an overall length of 32 centimetres (13 in), wing length of 11–11.5 centimetres (4.3–4.5 in), and tail length of up to 19 centimetres (7.5 in).
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
The bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis), also known as the short-nose unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific. [3] It is occasionally found in the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 70 cm in length.