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The reef triggerfish was designated the official fish of Hawaii in 1985, [16] but due to an expiration of a Hawaiian state law after five years, it ceased to be the state fish in 1990. [17] On April 17, 2006, bill HB1982 was presented to the Governor of Hawaiʻi , which permanently reinstated the reef triggerfish ( humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa ) as ...
Moano are common reef fish found in shallow water environments, reef flats, and outside reefs. [4] [3] They spend a lot of their time in the benthic zone. They can be found at depths 0 – 161 m deep (0 – 528 ft). [5] They are endemic in three regions: Hawaiʻi, Marquesas, and the Indo-Polynesian Province. [5]
Commonly caught fish in Hawaiian waters for poke, found at local seafood counters include (alternate Japanese names are indicated in parentheses): [1] [2] [3] ʻAhi pālaha: albacore tuna (tombo) ʻAhi: bigeye tuna (mebachi) ʻAhi: yellowfin tuna (kihada) Aku: skipjack tuna (katsuo) Aʻu: blue marlin (kajiki), striped marlin (nairagi ...
Hawaiian cleaner wrasses working on gill area of dragon wrasse Novaculichthys taeniourus, on a reef in Hawaii Cleaner wrasses are the best-known of the cleaner fish . They live in a cleaning symbiosis with larger, often predatory, fish, grooming them and benefiting by consuming what they remove.
The Hawaiian cleaner wrasse grows to a maximum length of about 12 cm (5 in). [4] This fish is strikingly coloured; the anterior part is golden, with a dark lateral stripe running from the eye to the tail, becoming wider at the back. The posterior part of the fish has purple and violet colouration on the fins. [5]
Like many snappers, it inhabits coral reefs, occurring in both shallow lagoons and on outer reef slopes to depths of at least 60 m (200 ft), at depths reaching 180 m (590 ft) at the Marquesas Islands and 265 m (869 ft) in the Red Sea. In Hawaii, they spend some time over seagrasses and sandy substrates. [7]
S. Saddle butterflyfish; Saddle wrasse; Sailfin tang; Sand lizardfish; Sandbar shark; Sardine; Sargassum fish; Sargocentron diadema; Sargocentron tiere; Sargocentron ...
The saddle wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey), also known as Hīnālea Lauwili in Hawaiʻi, is a species of wrasse native to the waters around the Hawaiian Islands [2] and Johnston Island. [3] They are found on reefs at depths from 5 to 25 m (16 to 82 ft). This species can reach 28 cm (11 in) in total length.