Hawaiian fish pairs and aggregates
A male Psychedelic Wrasse with a harem of three females
A male Psychedelic Wrasse with a harem of three females off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
Anampses chrysocephalusBIDClass ActinopterygiiHawaiian endemicInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteLabridaeLabrioideiPerciformesPhyllum ChordataPsychedelic WrasseSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTurtle HavenVertebrateendemicscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
A male Psychedelic Wrasse with a harem of three females
A male Psychedelic Wrasse with a harem of three females off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring.
Anampses chrysocephalusBIDClass ActinopterygiiHawaiian endemicInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteLabridaeLabrioideiPacificstock RFPerciformesPhyllum ChordataPsychedelic WrasseSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTurtle HavenVertebrateendemicscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Epaulette Soldierfish schooled near coral
Epaulette Soldierfish (Myripristis kuntee) schooled near coral off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDBeryciformesClass ActinopterygiiEpaulette SoldierfishHolocentridaeInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMyripristis kunteePearly SoldierfishPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTurtle HavenVertebratescubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Head-on underwater view of a Hawaiian Sergeant
Head-on underwater view of a Hawaiian Sergeant (Abudefduf abdominalis) with its mate off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
Abudefduf abdominalisBIDClass ActinopterygiiEel CoveHawaiian SergeantHawaiian endemicInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteLabrioideiPerciformesPhyllum ChordataPomacentridaeSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateendemicscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Potter's Angelfish pair lurking in finger coral
Potter's Angelfish (Centropyge potteri) pair lurking in finger coral (Porites compressa) off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDCentropyge potteriClass ActinopterygiiClass AnthozoaCnidariaEel CoveHawaiian endemicInfraclass TeleosteiInvertebrateKona coast dive siteOrder ScleractiniaPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataPhylum CnidariaPomacanthidaePorites compressaPoritidaePotter's AngelfishSeacam underwater housingSubclass HexacoralliaSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenterateendemicfinger coralscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Multiband Butterfyfish
Multiband Butterfyfish (Chaetodon multicinlus), a Hawaiian endemic fish species, pair feeding on lobe coral (Porites lobata) photographed while scuba diving the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring.
BIDChaetodon multicinlusChaetodontidaeClass ActinopterygiiClass AnthozoaCnidariaHawaiian endemicInfraclass TeleosteiInvertebrateKona coast dive siteLobe CoralMultiband ButterflyfishOrder ScleractiniaPacificstock RFPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataPhylum CnidariaPiinetreePorites lobataPoritidaeSeacam underwater housingSubclass HexacoralliaSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateZoanthariaanthozoacnidariancoelenterateendemicscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Mackerel Scad
Mackerel Scad (Decapterus macarellus) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring.
CarangidaeClass ActinopterygiiDecapterus macarellusInfraclass TeleosteiJDLKona coast dive siteLong Lava TubeMackerel ScadPacificstock RFAPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateschoolingscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Convict Surgeonfish, Whitebar Surgeonfish, and Yellow Tang
Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus), Whitebar Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucopareius), and Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) photographed while snorkeling the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
AcanthuridaeAcanthuroideiAcanthurus leucopareiusAcanthurus triostegusClass ActinopterygiiConvict SurgeonfishCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive sitePerciformesPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateWhitebar SurgeonfishYellow TangZebrasoma flavescensscubascuba dive sitescuba divingsnorkelingunderwaterunderwater photography
Brown Surgeofish and Yellow Tang
Brown Surgeofish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus) and Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) photographed while snorkeling the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
AcanthuridaeAcanthuroideiAcanthurus nigrofuscusBrown SurgeonfishClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteLavender TangPerciformesPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellow TangZebrasoma flavescensscubascuba dive sitesnorkelingunderwaterunderwater photography
Brown Surgeofish
School of Brown Surgeofish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus) photographed while snorkeling the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring.
AcanthuridaeAcanthuroideiAcanthurus nigrofuscusBrown SurgeonfishClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteLavender TangPacificstock RFPerciformesPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateschoolingscubascuba dive sitesnorkelingunderwaterunderwater photography
Brown Surgeofish
Brown Surgeofish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus) photographed while snorkeling the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
AcanthuridaeAcanthuroideiAcanthurus nigrofuscusBrown SurgeonfishClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteLavender TangPerciformesPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebratescubascuba dive sitesnorkelingunderwaterunderwater photography
Brown Surgeofish
School of mostly Brown Surgeofish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus) photographed while snorkeling the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring.
AcanthuridaeAcanthuroideiAcanthurus nigrofuscusBrown SurgeonfishClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteLavender TangPacificstock RFPerciformesPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateschoolingscubascuba dive sitesnorkelingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during spring.
BIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys vanicolensisPacificstock RFPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
BIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys vanicolensisPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
BIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys vanicolensisPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
BIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys vanicolensisPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
BIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys flavolineatusMulloidichthys vanicolensisPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSquareSpot GoatfishSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin GoatfishYellowstripe Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
BIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys flavolineatusMulloidichthys vanicolensisPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSquareSpot GoatfishSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin GoatfishYellowstripe Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
BIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys vanicolensisPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
BIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys vanicolensisPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during spring.
BIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys vanicolensisPacificstock RFPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Cooperative hunting
A Peacock Grouper (Cephalopis argus) and a Whitemouth Moray Eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) begining a bout of cooperative hunting off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
AnguilliformesBIDCephalopholis argusClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachGymnothorax meleagrisInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMuraenidaePeacock GrouperPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSerranidaeSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateWhitemouth Moray Eelintroduced speciesinvasiveinvasive speciesscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Cooperative hunting
A Peacock Grouper (Cephalopis argus) and a Whitemouth Moray Eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) begining a bout of cooperative hunting off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
AnguilliformesBIDCephalopholis argusClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachGymnothorax meleagrisInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMuraenidaePeacock GrouperPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSerranidaeSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateWhitemouth Moray Eelintroduced speciesinvasiveinvasive speciesscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish school and two Bottlenose Dolphin
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled near a reef edge as two Bottlenose Dolphin swim by (in the background) of the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDBottlenose DolphinCetaceaClass ActinopterygiiClass MammaliaCrescent BeachDelphinidaeEutheriaInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMammaliaMullidaeMulloidichthys flavolineatusMulloidichthys vanicolensisOdontocetiPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSquareSpot GoatfishSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTursiops truncatusVertebrateYellowfin GoatfishYellowstripe Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
BIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys flavolineatusMulloidichthys vanicolensisPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSquareSpot GoatfishSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin GoatfishYellowstripe Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island
BIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys flavolineatusMulloidichthys vanicolensisPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSquareSpot GoatfishSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin GoatfishYellowstripe Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Ringtail Wrasse with Whitemouth Moray Eel
Ringtail Wrasse (Oxycheilinus unifasciatus) with Whitemouth Moray Eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
AnguilliformesBIDClass ActinopterygiiCrescent BeachGymnothorax meleagrisInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteLabridaeLabrioideiMuraenidaeOxycheilinus unifasciatusPerciformesPhyllum ChordataRingtail WrasseSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateWhitemouth Moray Eelscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Black Durgon at cleaning station
Black Durgon (Melichthys niger) at cleaning station over thick finger coral (Porites duerdeni) off the Kona coast. Hawaii Island.
BIDBalistidaeBlack DurgonClass ActinopterygiiClass AnthozoaCnidariaHawaiian Cleaner WrasseHawaiian endemicInfraclass TeleosteiInvertebrateKona coast dive siteLabridaeLabrioideiLabroides phthirophagusMelichthys nigerOrder ScleractiniaPerciformesPhyllum ChordataPhylum CnidariaPorites duerdeniPoritidaePyramid PinnacleSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass HexacoralliaSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTetraodontiformesVertebrateZoanthariaanthozoacleaning stationcnidariancoelenterateendemicscubascuba dive sitescuba divingthick finger coralunderwaterunderwater photography
Racoon Butterflyfish pair
Racoon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula) pair off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDChaetodon lunulaChaetodontidaeClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiKaloko CanyonKona coast dive sitePerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataRacoon ButterflyfishSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebratescubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Racoon Butterflyfish pair
Racoon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula) pair off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDChaetodon lunulaChaetodontidaeClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiKaloko CanyonKona coast dive sitePerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataRacoon ButterflyfishSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebratescubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiKaloko CanyonKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys vanicolensisPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiKaloko CanyonKona coast dive siteMullidaeMulloidichthys vanicolensisPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellowfin Goatfishscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Spawning Hawaiian Dascyllus
Spawning Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella) off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDClass ActinopterygiiDascyllus albisellaGarden Eel CoveHawaiian DascyllusInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteLabrioideiPerciformesPhyllum ChordataPomacentridaeSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebratefish behaviorscubascuba dive sitescuba divingspawningspawning behaviorunderwaterunderwater photography
Spawning Hawaiian Dascyllus
Spawning Hawaiian Dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella) off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDClass ActinopterygiiDascyllus albisellaGarden Eel CoveHawaiian DascyllusInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteLabrioideiPerciformesPhyllum ChordataPomacentridaeSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebratecourtshipfish behaviorscubascuba dive sitescuba divingspawningspawning behaviorunderwaterunderwater photography
Hawaiian Garden Eels
Hawaiian Garden Eels (Gorgasia hawaiiensis), a Hawaiian endemic fish, in formation off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring.
AnguilliformesBIDClass ActinopterygiiCongridaeGarden Eel CoveGorgasia hawaiiensisHawaiian Garden EelInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive sitePacificstock RFPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrategarden eelscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Hawaiian Garden Eels
Hawaiian Garden Eels (Gorgasia hawaiiensis) in formation off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
AnguilliformesBIDClass ActinopterygiiCongridaeGarden Eel CoveGorgasia hawaiiensisHawaiian Garden EelInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive sitePhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrategarden eelscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Epaulette Soldierfish
Epaulette Soldierfish (Myripristis kuntee) schooled near coral off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island.
BIDBeryciformesClass ActinopterygiiEpaulette SoldierfishGarden Eel CoveHolocentridaeInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteMyripristis kunteePearly SoldierfishPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebratescubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Bluestripe Snapper
Bluestripe Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) schooled off the Kona coast, Hawaii island
BIDBluestripe SnapperClass ActinopterygiiGarden Eel CoveInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive siteLutjanidaeLutjanus kasmiraPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateintroduced speciesinvasiveinvasive speciesscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Pair of Yellow Tang
Pair of Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring.
AcanthuridaeAcanthuroideiBIDClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiKona coast dive sitePacificstock RFPerciformesPhyllum ChordataRose GardenSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateYellow TangZebrasoma flavescensscubascuba dive sitescuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Bluestripe Snapper next to an Eyestripe Surgeonfish
Bluestripe Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) next to an Eyestripe Surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) off the Kona coast, Hawaii Island during the spring.
AcanthuridaeAcanthuroideiAcanthurus dussumieriBIDBluestripe SnapperClass ActinopterygiiEyestripe SurgeonfishInfraclass TeleosteiLutjanidaeLutjanus kasmiraPacificstock RFPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebrateintroduced speciesinvasiveinvasive speciesscubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Orangeband Surgeonfish
Orangeband Surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus) feeding on benthic algae photographed under water while scuba diving Kona, Hawaii Island. Aspect Ratio = 3:4.
AcanthuridaeAcanthuroideiAcanthurus olivaceusBig IslandClass ActinopterygiiHawaiiInfraclass TeleosteiKonaOrangeband SurgeonfishPerciformesPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostUnited StatesVertebratefeeding aggregationmarinemarine lifescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photographywinter
Saddle Wrasse being attended to by a Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse
A Saddle Wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey) being attended to by a Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) photographed under water while snorkeling Kona, Hawaii Island. Both species are Hawaiian endemics. Aspect ratio = 1:1.
Big IslandClass ActinopterygiiHawaiiHawaiian Cleaner WrasseHawaiian endemicInfraclass TeleosteiKahaluuKailuaKonaKonaLabridaeLabrioideiLabroides phthirophagusPerciformesPhyllum ChordataSaddle WrasseSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostThalassoma duperreyUnited StatesVertebratecleaning symbiosisendemicmarinemarine lifescubascuba divingsnorkelingsymbiosisunderwaterunderwater photography
Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse removing parasites from a Convict Suregonfish's gill cavity
Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) removing parasites from a Convict Suregonfish's (Acanthurus triostegus) gill cavity photographed under water while snorkeling Kona, Hawaii Island. Aspect ratio = 4:5.
AcanthuridaeAcanthuroideiAcanthurus triostegusBig IslandClass ActinopterygiiConvict SurgeonfishHawaiiHawaiian Cleaner WrasseHawaiian endemicInfraclass TeleosteiKahaluuKailuaKonaKonaLabridaeLabrioideiLabroides phthirophagusPerciformesPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostUnited StatesVertebratecleaning symbiosisendemicmarinemarine lifescubascuba divingsnorkelingsymbiosisunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowstripe Goatfish
Resting Yellowstripe Goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus) photographed under water while scuba diving Kona, Hawaii Island. Aspect Ratio = 3:4.
Big IslandClass ActinopterygiiHawaiiInfraclass TeleosteiMullidaeMulloidichthys flavolineatusPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSquareSpot GoatfishSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostUnited StatesVertebrateYellowstripe Goatfishmarinemarine lifescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Yellowstripe Goatfish school resting
Yellowstripe Goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus) school resting on the bottom off Kona, Hawaii Island
Big IslandClass ActinopterygiiHawaiiInfraclass TeleosteiMullidaeMulloidichthys flavolineatusPerciformesPercoideiPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSquareSpot GoatfishSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostUnited StatesVertebrateYellowstripe Goatfishscubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Heller's Baracuda
Heller's Baracuda (Sphyraena helleri) photographed under water while scuba diving Kona, Hawaii Island. Aspect Ratio = 1:2.
Big IslandClass ActinopterygiiHawaiiHeller's BarracudaInfraclass TeleosteiPerciformesPhyllum ChordataScombroideiSeacam underwater housingSphyraena helleriSphyraenidaeSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostUnited StatesVertebratemarinemarine lifescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Indo-Pacific Sergeant pair
An Indo-Pacific Sergeant pair photographed under water while scuba diving at Molokini Crater, Maui Island, Hawaii. Aspect Ratio = 4:5.
Abudefduf vaigiensisClass ActinopterygiiIndoPacific SergeantInfraclass TeleosteiLabrioideiPerciformesPhyllum ChordataPomacentridaeSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebratedamselfishmarinemarine lifescubascuba divingunderwaterunderwater photography
Black Durgon
Black Durgons (Melichthys niger) photographed under water while scuba diving at Molokini Crater, Maui Island, Hawaii. Aspect ratio = 2:3.
BalistidaeBlack DurgonClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiMelichthys nigerPhyllum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTetraodontiformesVertebratemarinemarine lifescubascuba divingtriggerfishunderwaterunderwater photography