The fish names appear as follows: local name (if known), common name, and scientific name. Please click on any image to view an enlarged version in a new window.
Loru
Parrotfishes
Scarus psittacus
Mañåhak
Juvenile rabbitfish
Siganidae
Hiteng
Rabbitfish
Siganidae
Hugupau
Surgeonfishes
Acanthuridae
Saoara’
Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
Fáfa’et
Red Snapper
Lutjanus gibbus
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Groupers (Giant grouper pictured)
Epinephelinae
Halu’u
Shark
Selachimorpha
Hakmang
Moray Eel (Giant moray pictured)
Muraenidae
Pulonnon
Triggerfishes (Lagoon triggerfish pictured)
Balistidae
Atulai
Big-eye scad
Selar crumenophthalmus
Laiguan
Mullet
Mugil cephalus
Guili
Rudder fish (pacific chub pictured)
Kyphosidae
Eileen Nalley
Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Health Specialist
University of Hawai’i
Sea Grant College Program
Honolulu, HI 96822
enalley@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031