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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 ↓

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
Floral puffer 3
Torquigener florealis
Randall's puffer 3
Torquigener randalli
sharpnose-puffer 1
Canthigaster amboinensis
Crowned puffer 3
Canthigaster coronata
Lantern toby 2
Canthigaster epilampra
White-spotted puffer 2
Canthigaster jactator
Tail-barred pufferfish 2
Canthigaster rivulata
White-spotted puffer 2
Arothron hispidus
Guineafowl puffer 3
Arothron meleagris
Long-spined porcupine fish 7
Diodon holocanthus
Spotted porcupine fish 8
Diodon hystrix
Spotfin burrfish 3
Chilomycterus reticulatus
Finscale triggerfish 9
Balistes polylepis
Black triggerfish 3
Melichthys niger
Pink-tail trigger
Melichthys vidua
Blackbar triggerfish 10
Rhinecanthus aculeatus
Wedgetail triggerfish 2
Rhinecanthus rectangulus
Boomerang triggerfish 11
Sufflamen bursa
Masked triggerfish 1
Sufflamen fraenatum
Gilded triggerfish 2
Xanthichthys auromarginatus
Outrigger triggerfish 1
Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus
Blue-throat trigger 3
Xanthichthys mento

Edited by milisenj, Sean Ono, and David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) Williams, Jeffrey T., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 2. (c) John E. Randall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 3. (c) Randall, J.E., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 4. (c) Biodiversity Heritage Library, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 5. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 6. (c) 2006 Moorea Biocode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 7. (c) Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 8. (c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 9. (c) FAO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 10. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 11. (c) Frédéric Ducarme, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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