Bony Fishes (Actinopterygii) of the Hawaiian Islands

A register of all reef-associated marine fish that can be found in the waters of the Hawaiian Islands. Please message me (@phelsumas4life) regarding any information that is incorrect/needs to be updated or ...more ↓

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Dwarf moray ¹
Gymnothorax melatremus

Guinea moray eel ²
Gymnothorax meleagris

Yellow-mouthed moray eel ²
Gymnothorax nudivomer

painted moray ³
Gymnothorax pictus

Banded moray ⁴
Gymnothorax rueppelliae

Steindachner's moray eel ⁵
Gymnothorax steindachneri

Moray ⁶
Gymnothorax undulatus

Zebra Moray Eel ²
Gymnomuraena zebra

starry moray ²
Echidna nebulosa

Barred moray ⁷
Echidna polyzona

Moray ²
Enchelycore pardalis

Viper moray ⁸
Enchelynassa canina

Shorttailed snake moray ⁵
Scuticaria okinawae

Spotted eel ⁹
Scuticaria tigrina

snake-moray ¹
Uropterygius macrocephalus

Magnificent snake eel ¹⁰
Myrichthys magnificus

Snake-eel ²
Ophichthus fowleri

Snake-eel ¹
Apterichtus klazingai

Crocodile snake eel ²
Brachysomophis henshawi

Yellow-spotted snake-eel ²
Callechelys lutea

Marbled snake eel ¹
Callechelys marmorata

Serp tacada ⁹
Pisodonophis semicinctus

Hawaiian garden eel ¹¹
Gorgasia hawaiiensis

Barred sand conger ²
Ariosoma fasciatum

Large-eye conger ²
Ariosoma marginatum

Longfin African conger ²
Conger marginatus

Goatsbeard brotula ¹
Brotula multibarbata

Pearlfish ¹
Onuxodon fowleri

Peacock flounder ²
Bothus mancus

leopard flounder ¹
Bothus pantherinus

夏威夷短额鲆 ⁵
Engyprosopon hawaiiensis

Hawaiian sea-moth fish ¹²
Eurypegasus papilio

Spotted herring ²
Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus

Two-spot lizard fish ¹
Synodus binotatus

Capricorn lizardfish ²
Synodus capricornis

Sand lizardfish ¹
Synodus dermatogenys

Red-marbled lizardfish ⁹
Synodus rubromarmoratus

Variegated lizardfish ¹
Synodus variegatus

Redmouth lizardfish ¹
Saurida flamma

Slender lizardfish ¹
Saurida gracilis

Clouded lizardfish ¹
Saurida nebulosa

Painted Grinner ¹³
Trachinocephalus trachinus

Brick soldierfish ²
Myripristis amaena

Squirrelfish ⁵
Myripristis berndti

Yellowfin soldierfish ⁵
Myripristis chryseres

Shoulderbar soldierfish ²
Myripristis kuntee

Pinecone soldierfish ¹⁴
Myripristis murdjan

Whitetip soldierfish ²
Myripristis vittata

Crown squirrelfish ²
Sargocentron diadema

Speckled squirrelfish ¹
Sargocentron punctatissimum

Sabre squirrelfish ⁶
Sargocentron spiniferum

Red squirrelfish ¹
Sargocentron tiere

Red-white squirrel ²
Sargocentron xantherythrum

Yellowstriped squirrelfish ¹⁵
Neoniphon aurolineatus

Sammara squirrelfish ³
Neoniphon sammara

Shy soldier ¹⁶
Plectrypops lima

Spinyface soldier ²
Pristilepis oligolepis

broad alfonsino ¹⁷
Beryx decadactylus

great herring ¹
Elops hawaiensis

Agujon needlefish ¹⁸
Tylosurus acus

Crocodile needlefish ²
Tylosurus crocodilus

Keeltail needlefish ¹⁹
Platybelone argalus

Tropical half-beak fish ¹
Hemiramphus depauperatus

Flyingfish ⁵
Cheilopogon spilonotopterus

Blue flying fish ²⁰
Exocoetus volitans

sailfin flyingfish ⁹
Parexocoetus brachypterus

Milkfish ²
Chanos chanos

Clown Frogfish ²
Antennarius maculatus

striated frogfish ²
Antennarius striatus

Scarlet frogfish ⁵
Antennatus coccineus

Pygmy anglerfish ⁵
Antennatus linearis

Tuberculated frogfish ⁵
Antennatus tuberosus

Sargassum fish ¹²
Histrio histrio

Smallmouth bonefish ²¹
Albula glossodonta

Longjaw bonefish
Albula virgata

Hawaiian Islands silverside ⁵
Atherinomorus insularum

Striped mullet ²²
Mugil cephalus

Sharpnose mullet ¹
Neomyxus leuciscus

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Bony Fishes (Actinopterygii) of the Hawaiian Islands

Dwarf moray 1 Gymnothorax melatremus

Guinea moray eel 2 Gymnothorax meleagris

Yellow-mouthed moray eel 2 Gymnothorax nudivomer

painted moray 3 Gymnothorax pictus

Banded moray 4 Gymnothorax rueppelliae

Steindachner's moray eel 5 Gymnothorax steindachneri

Moray 6 Gymnothorax undulatus

Zebra Moray Eel 2 Gymnomuraena zebra

starry moray 2 Echidna nebulosa

Barred moray 7 Echidna polyzona

Moray 2 Enchelycore pardalis

Viper moray 8 Enchelynassa canina

Shorttailed snake moray 5 Scuticaria okinawae

Spotted eel 9 Scuticaria tigrina

snake-moray 1 Uropterygius macrocephalus

Magnificent snake eel 10 Myrichthys magnificus

Snake-eel 2 Ophichthus fowleri

Snake-eel 1 Apterichtus klazingai

Crocodile snake eel 2 Brachysomophis henshawi

Yellow-spotted snake-eel 2 Callechelys lutea

Marbled snake eel 1 Callechelys marmorata

Serp tacada 9 Pisodonophis semicinctus

Hawaiian garden eel 11 Gorgasia hawaiiensis

Barred sand conger 2 Ariosoma fasciatum

Large-eye conger 2 Ariosoma marginatum

Longfin African conger 2 Conger marginatus

Goatsbeard brotula 1 Brotula multibarbata

Pearlfish 1 Onuxodon fowleri

Peacock flounder 2 Bothus mancus

leopard flounder 1 Bothus pantherinus

夏威夷短额鲆 5 Engyprosopon hawaiiensis

Hawaiian sea-moth fish 12 Eurypegasus papilio

Spotted herring 2 Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus

Two-spot lizard fish 1 Synodus binotatus

Capricorn lizardfish 2 Synodus capricornis

Sand lizardfish 1 Synodus dermatogenys

Red-marbled lizardfish 9 Synodus rubromarmoratus

Variegated lizardfish 1 Synodus variegatus

Redmouth lizardfish 1 Saurida flamma

Slender lizardfish 1 Saurida gracilis

Clouded lizardfish 1 Saurida nebulosa

Painted Grinner 13 Trachinocephalus trachinus

Brick soldierfish 2 Myripristis amaena

Squirrelfish 5 Myripristis berndti

Yellowfin soldierfish 5 Myripristis chryseres

Shoulderbar soldierfish 2 Myripristis kuntee

Pinecone soldierfish 14 Myripristis murdjan

Whitetip soldierfish 2 Myripristis vittata

Crown squirrelfish 2 Sargocentron diadema

Speckled squirrelfish 1 Sargocentron punctatissimum

Sabre squirrelfish 6 Sargocentron spiniferum

Red squirrelfish 1 Sargocentron tiere

Red-white squirrel 2 Sargocentron xantherythrum

Yellowstriped squirrelfish 15 Neoniphon aurolineatus

Sammara squirrelfish 3 Neoniphon sammara

Shy soldier 16 Plectrypops lima

Spinyface soldier 2 Pristilepis oligolepis

broad alfonsino 17 Beryx decadactylus

great herring 1 Elops hawaiensis

Agujon needlefish 18 Tylosurus acus

Crocodile needlefish 2 Tylosurus crocodilus

Keeltail needlefish 19 Platybelone argalus

Tropical half-beak fish 1 Hemiramphus depauperatus

Flyingfish 5 Cheilopogon spilonotopterus

Blue flying fish 20 Exocoetus volitans

sailfin flyingfish 9 Parexocoetus brachypterus

Milkfish 2 Chanos chanos

Clown Frogfish 2 Antennarius maculatus

striated frogfish 2 Antennarius striatus

Scarlet frogfish 5 Antennatus coccineus

Pygmy anglerfish 5 Antennatus linearis

Tuberculated frogfish 5 Antennatus tuberosus

Sargassum fish 12 Histrio histrio

Smallmouth bonefish 21 Albula glossodonta

Longjaw bonefish Albula virgata

Hawaiian Islands silverside 5 Atherinomorus insularum

Striped mullet 22 Mugil cephalus

Sharpnose mullet 1 Neomyxus leuciscus