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> Butterflyfishes > Chaetodon
ornatissimus
Updated 2/12/2023
Family Chaetodontidae
EAST INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII
Chaetodon ornatissimus
Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet
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Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet |
Puako, Hawaii, 35 feet
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Honaunau, Hawaii, 50 feet |
Honokohau, Hawaii, 40 feet
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Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet |
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Juvenile, Mokuleia, Oahu, 100 feet
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Juvenile at dusk, Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 25 feet
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Feeding, Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet |
Kaiser's wreck, Oahu, 15 feet |
Honokohau, Hawaii, 40 feet
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Makapu'u Pinnacle, O'ahu, 25 feet
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Kuki'o, Hawaii, 12 feet
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ORNATE BUTTERFLYFISH
kīkākapu Hanaguro-chochouo
Pairs are common on coral reefs to 100 feet. Grazes upon coral
tissue. Attains 8 inches. Sri Lanka to Japan, Hawai'i, the
Marquesas, and
Rapa. Chaetodon meyeri of
the Indo-Pacific has black diagonal stripes. |
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