Some of our very own Reef Watch Waikiki volunteers, who snorkel at Hanauma Bay quite frequently, have been seeing a fish that all of us have been curious about. As always, we encourage you to send us your photos and questions! None of us could find a positive ID in any of our Hawaiian ID […]
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SCUBA at Kahe
November 7, 2011 
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Check out these photos from Kahe this past Sunday! I wish I could SCUBA, but my ears won’t let me! These are from my boyfriend:
Continue reading The fish with human-like molar teeth
October 3, 2011 0 Comments
Most fishes have teeth. After all, they need them to eat! But there is one fish species in Hawaiian waters that have teeth that resemble human molars. It’s sort of like a snapper, can you guess what it is?
Continue readingNight Colors
September 7, 2011 3 Comments
Did you know that fishes exhibit different colors at night? The color pigment cells (chromatophores) are more spaced out at night, giving vibrant fish a dull look. They do this to conserve energy, afterall, maintaining color in the absence of light is useless. The same thing can happen to a fish in the daytime if it […]
Continue readingThree Yellow Fish, Three Different Species
August 22, 2011 1 Comment
The first fish that people usually think of when they see a yellow fish is, Yellow Tang! But not all yellow fishes are Yellow Tangs.
Continue readingTwo Endemic Species
August 17, 2011 1 Comment
What does a Saddle Wrasse have in common with a Hawaiian White-Spotted Toby? At first glance, they are obviously different in size, shape, and color. One is a wrasse and one is a pufferfish, can the two really have any similarities? Well, yes, and it’s more than just one similarity.
Continue readingWe Took the Interns to Sharks Cove
August 4, 2011 0 Comments
Check out some photos!
Continue readingThe Queen was spotted at Shark’s Cove yesterday!
July 11, 2011 1 Comment
The neat thing about doing REEF surveys is that you never know what you will see. I was lucky enough to see a rare fish yesterday while at Shark’s Cove. The Queen Nenue is the yellow morph of the endemic Hawaiian Chub (Kyphosus hawaiiensis), and is a rare sight anywhere in Hawai’i. I also love Shark’s […]
Continue readingSpotlight on Soldierfish
April 28, 2011 0 Comments
Do you want to see a fish you most likely have not seen in Waikīkī yet? I recommend looking under ledges and in caves to spot the nocturnal soldierfish. Soldierfish, commonly referred to as “menpachi” in Hawai’i, are in the family Holocentridae. During the day, soldierfish will hide in crevices and at night they venture onto […]
Continue readingThere’s Only One Emperor in Hawai’i
April 25, 2011 0 Comments
There’s only room for one “royal” fish in Hawaiian waters, the Bigeye Emperor. There are many others around the world but the Bigeye Emperor is the only one of its kind in Hawai’i. The Hawaiian word for Bigeye Emperor is mu. They are closely related to breams, snapper-like fishes. The mu has large, human-like, molariform […]
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