Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

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Striped Atys - Atys semistriatus
Reef Lizardfish - Synodus variegatus
Manybar Goatfish - Parupeneus multifasciatus
Schooling Bannerfish - Heniochus diphreutes
Yellowmargin Moray Eel - Gymnothorax flavimarginatus
Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp - Pontonides ankeri
Blacklip Butterflyfish - Chaetodon kleinii
Lined Sea hare - Stylocheilus striatus
Blue Dragon Nudibranch - Pteraeolidia semperi
Pimpled Phyllidiella - Phyllidiella pustulosa
Redlip Parrotfish - Scarus rubroviolaceus
Indo-Pacific Sergeant - Abudefduf vaigiensis
Pyramid Butterflyfish - Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Jeweled Anemone Hermit Crab - Dardanus pedunculatus
Thornback Cowfish - Lactoria fornasini
Collector Urchin - Tripneustes gratilla
Lined Butterflyfish - Chaetodon lineolatus
White-Spotted Hermit Crab - Dardanus megistos
Pygmy Auger - Myurella pygmaea
Banded Snake Eel - Myrichthys colubrinus
Epaulette Soldierfish - Myripristis kuntee
Sea Star Shrimp - Zenopontonia soror
Green Turtle - Chelonia mydas
Spotted Boxfish - Ostracion meleagris
Fourspot Butterflyfish - Chaetodon quadrimaculatus
Bluestripe Snapper - Lutjanus kasmira
Fire Dartfish - Nemateleotris magnifica
Whitley's Boxfish - Ostracion whitleyi
Yellow-Spotted Guard Crab - Trapezia flavopunctata
Yelloweye Filefish - Cantherhines dumerilii
Arc-Eye Hawkfish - Paracirrhites arcatus
Teardrop Butterflyfish - Chaetodon unimaculatus
Redfin Butterflyfish - Chaetodon lunulatus
Saddled Butterflyfish - Chaetodon ephippium
Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish - Chlorurus spilurus
Ornate Butterflyfish - Chaetodon ornatissimus
Great Barracuda - Sphyraena barracuda
Pacific Trumpetfish - Aulostomus chinensis
Bluefin Trevally - Caranx melampygus
Whitetip Reef Shark - Triaenodon obesus
Island Goatfish - Parupeneus insularis
Yellowtail Coris - Coris gaimard
Scythe Triggerfish - Sufflamen bursa
Peacock Grouper - Cephalopholis argus
Ringtail Wrasse - Oxycheilinus unifasciatus
Big Longnose Butterflyfish - Forcipiger longirostris
Fivestripe Wrasse - Thalassoma quinquevittatum
Gray Unicornfish - Naso caesius
Smalltoothed Jobfish - Aphareus furca
Paletail Unicornfish - Naso brevirostris
Sleek Unicornfish - Naso hexacanthus
Orangespine Unicornfish - Naso lituratus
Convict Tang - Acanthurus triostegus
Speckled Butterflyfish - Chaetodon citrinellus
Spotted Porcupinefish - Diodon hystrix
Spotfin Burrfish - Chilomycterus reticulatus
Whitecheek Surgeonfish - Acanthurus nigricans
Reticulated Butterflyfish - Chaetodon reticulatus
Longnose Butterflyfish - Forcipiger flavissimus
Eightstripe Wrasse - Pseudocheilinus octotaenia
Slingjaw Wrasse - Epibulus insidiator
Spotfin Squirrelfish - Neoniphon sammara
Johnston Damsel - Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus
Whitetail Surgeonfish - Acanthurus thompsoni
Gray Butterflyfish - Hemitaurichthys thompsoni
Wedgetail Triggerfish - Rhinecanthus rectangulus
Fourstripe Wrasse - Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia
Rockmover Wrasse - Novaculichthys taeniourus
Pacific Sailfin Tang - Zebrasoma velifer
Freckled Hawkfish - Paracirrhites forsteri
Raccoon Butterflyfish - Chaetodon lunula
Flame Angelfish - Centropyge loriculus
Stareye Parrotfish - Calotomus carolinus
Giant Moray Eel - Gymnothorax javanicus
Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus
Pinktail Triggerfish - Melichthys vidua
Blue Lined Squirrelfish - Sargocentron tiere
Crown-Of-Thorns - Acanthaster planci
Humpnose Bigeye Bream - Monotaxis grandoculis
Gray Reef Shark - Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Pacific Bird Wrasse - Gomphosus varius
Banded Coral Shrimp - Stenopus hispidus
Glasseye Snapper - Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Common Mantis Shrimp - Pseudosquilla ciliata
White Telesto - Carijoa riisei
Orange Fireworm - Eurythoe complanata
Hawaiian Gregory - Plectroglyphidodon marginatus
Ocellated Eagle Ray - Aetobatus ocellatus
Hawaiian Bicolor Chromis - Pycnochromis hanui
Agile Chromis - Pycnochromis agilis
Pale Rock-Boring Urchin - Echinometra mathaei
Orange Cup Coral - Tubastraea coccinea
Common Moon Jelly - Aurelia aurita
White Stinger - Macrorhynchia philippina
Granular Razor Coral - Pleuractis granulosa
Common Razor Coral - Lobactis scutaria
Humpback Cowry - Mauritia mauritiana
Reticulated Cowry - Mauritia maculifera
Pilsbry's Headshield Slug - Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi
Pelagic Nudibranch - Phylliroe bucephala
Starry Coral Shrimp - Harpiliopsis beaupresii

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