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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Barred filefish ¹
Cantherhines dumerilii

Sandwich isle file ¹
Cantherhines sandwichiensis

Roundtail filefish ²
Cantherhines verecundus

Unicorn leatherjacket ³
Aluterus monoceros

Scrawled Filefish ⁴
Aluterus scriptus

Orangetail filefish ⁵
Pervagor aspricaudus

Fantail filefish ²
Pervagor spilosoma

Whitespotted boxfish ⁶
Ostracion meleagris

Whitley's box ¹
Ostracion whitleyi

Transparent boxfish ²
Lactoria diaphana

Thornback cowfish ³
Lactoria fornasini

Finscale triggerfish ⁷
Balistes polylepis

Black triggerfish ³
Melichthys niger

Pink-tail trigger
Melichthys vidua

Blackbar triggerfish ⁸
Rhinecanthus aculeatus

Wedgetail triggerfish ²
Rhinecanthus rectangulus

Boomerang triggerfish ⁹
Sufflamen bursa

Masked triggerfish ¹
Sufflamen fraenatum

Gilded triggerfish ²
Xanthichthys auromarginatus

Outrigger triggerfish ¹
Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus

Blue-throat trigger ³
Xanthichthys mento

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Bony Fishes (Actinopterygii) of the Hawaiian Islands

Barred filefish 1 Cantherhines dumerilii

Sandwich isle file 1 Cantherhines sandwichiensis

Roundtail filefish 2 Cantherhines verecundus

Unicorn leatherjacket 3 Aluterus monoceros

Scrawled Filefish 4 Aluterus scriptus

Orangetail filefish 5 Pervagor aspricaudus

Fantail filefish 2 Pervagor spilosoma

Whitespotted boxfish 6 Ostracion meleagris

Whitley's box 1 Ostracion whitleyi

Transparent boxfish 2 Lactoria diaphana

Thornback cowfish 3 Lactoria fornasini

Finscale triggerfish 7 Balistes polylepis

Black triggerfish 3 Melichthys niger

Pink-tail trigger Melichthys vidua

Blackbar triggerfish 8 Rhinecanthus aculeatus

Wedgetail triggerfish 2 Rhinecanthus rectangulus

Boomerang triggerfish 9 Sufflamen bursa

Masked triggerfish 1 Sufflamen fraenatum

Gilded triggerfish 2 Xanthichthys auromarginatus

Outrigger triggerfish 1 Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus

Blue-throat trigger 3 Xanthichthys mento