Scientific Fish Names

Species: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Scientific Name (Linked to Species Profile)	Hawaiian Name	Common Name	Abundance	Nativity	Photo
Abudefduf abdominalis	mamo	Hawaiian sergeant	Abundant	Native
Abudefduf sordidus	kupipi	blackspot sergeant	Occasional	Native
Abudefduf vaigiensis	mamo	Indo-Pacific sergeant	Common	Native
Acanthurus achilles	paku'iku'i	achilles tang	Occasional	Native
Acanthurus blochii	pualu	ringtail surgeonfish	Common	Native
Acanthurus dussumieri	palani	eyestripe surgeonfish	Common	Native
Acanthurus guttatus	'api	whitespotted surgeonfish	Rare	Native
Acanthurus leucopareius	maikoiko	whitebar surgeonfish	Abundant	Native
Acanthurus nigrofuscus	ma'i'i'i	brown surgeonfish	Abundant	Native
Acanthurus nigroris	maiko	bluelined surgeonfish	Common	Native
Acanthurus olivaceus	na'ena'e	orangeband surgeonfish	Common	Native
Acanthurus triostegus	manini	convict surgeonfish	Abundant	Native
Acanthurus xanthopterus	pualu	yellowfin surgeonfish	Uncommon	Native
Aetobatus narinari	hihimanu	spotted eagle ray	Occasional	Native
Aluterus scriptus	loulu	scrawled filefish	Occasional	Native
Ammodytoides pylei		Pyle's sandlance	Occasional	Native
Anampses chrysocephalus		psychedelic wrasse	Occasional	Native
Anampses cuvier	'opule	pearl wrasse	Occasional	Native
Aphareus furca	wahanui	smalltooth jobfish	Uncommon	Native
Apolemichthys arcuatus		bandit angelfish	Occasional	Native
Aprion virescens	uku	green jobfish	Occasional	Native
Ariosoma marginatum		blackmargin conger	Rare	Native
Arothron hispidus	o'opu hue	stripebelly puffer	Occasional	Native
Arothron meleagris	o'opu hue	guineafowl puffer	Occasional	Native
Asterropteryx semipunctata		halfspotted goby	Occasional	Native
Aulostomus chinensis	nunu	Chinese trumpetfish		Native
Awaous guamensis	o'opu nakea	freshwater goby	Common	Native
Bathygobius cocosensis	'o'opu 'ohune	Cocos frillgoby	Unknown	Native
Blenniella gibbifrons		bigbrow blenniella	Uncommon	Natve
Bodianus albotaeniatus	'a'awa	Hawaiian hogfish	Abundant	Native
Calotomus carolinus	ponuhunuhu	stareye parrotfish	Uncommon	Native
Cantherhines dumerli	o'ili	barred filefish	Occasional	Native
Cantherhines sandwichiensis	o'ili lepa	squaretail filefish	Occasional	Native
Canthigaster amboinensis		Ambon puffer	Rare	Native
Canthigaster coronata		crowned toby	Occasional	Native
Canthigaster jactator		Hawaiian whitespotted toby	Occasional	Native
Caracanthus typicus		Hawaiian coral croucher	Occasional	Native
Caranx melampygus	'omilu	bluefin trevally		Native
Carcharhinus melanopterus	mano pa'ele	blacktip reef shark	Occasional	Native
Centropyge potteri		Potter's angelfish	Occasional	Native
Cephalopholis argus	roi	peacock grouper	Common	Non-native
Chaetodon auriga	kikakapu	threadfin butterflyfish	Occasional	Native
Chaetodon ephippium	kikakapu	saddled butterflyfish	Occasional	Native
Chaetodon fremblii	kikakapu	bluestriped butterflyfish	Uncommon	Native
Chaetodon lineolatus	kikakapu	lined butterflyfish	Occasional	Native
Chaetodon lunula	kikakapu	raccoon butterflyfish	Common	Native
Chaetodon lunulatus	kikakapu	oval butterflyfish	Occasional	Native
Chaetodon militaris	lau wiliwili	milletseed butterflyfish	Common	Native
Chaetodon multicinctus	kikakapu	multiband butterflyfish	Common	Native
Chaetodon ornatissimus	kikakapu	ornate butterflyfish	Uncommon	Native
Chaetodon quadrimaculatus	lauhau	fourspot butterflyfish	Common	Native
Chaetodon unimaculatus	kikakapu	teardrop butterflyfish	Uncommon	Native
Cheilio inermis	kupoupou	cigar wrasse	Occasional	Native
Chlorurus sordidus	uhu	Pacific bullethead parrotfish	Occasional	Native
Chlorurus spilurus	uhu uliuli	spectacled parrotfish	Uncommon	Native
Chromis agilis		agile chromis	Common	Native
Chromis hanui		chocolate-dip chromis	Common	Native
Chromis ovalis		oval chromis	Abundant	Native
Chromis vanderbilti		blackfin chromis	Abundant	Native
Chromis verater		threespot chromis	Abundant	Native
Cirrhitichthys pinnulatus	po'opa'a	stocky hawkfish	Rare	Native
Cirrhitops fasciatus	piliko'a	redbarred hawkfish	Common	Native
Cirripectes obscurus	pao'o	garguantuan blenny	Uncommon	Natve
Cirripectes vanderbilti	pao`o	scarface blenny	Occasional	Native
Conger marginatus	puhi uha	Hawaiian moustache conger	Occasional	Native
Coris flavovittata	hilu	yellowstriped coris	Occasional	Native
Coris gaimardi	hinalea 'aki-lolo	yellowtail coris	Common	Native
Coris venusta		elegant coris	Common	Native
Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis		chevron tang (juv); Hawaiian bristletooth (ad)	Rare	Native
Ctenochaetus strigosus	kole	goldring bristletooth	Abundant	Native
Dascyllus albisella	'alo'ilo'i	Hawaiian dascyllus	Rare	Native
Decapterus macarellus	'opelu	mackerel scad	Rare	Native
Diodon holocanthus	kokala	longspined ballonfish	Occasional	Native
Echidna nebulosa	puhi kapa	snowflake moray	Occasional	Native
Eleotris sandwicensis	o'opu akupa	akupa sleeper	Uncommon	Native
Elops hawaiensis	awa'aua	Hawaiian tenpounder	Abundant	Native
Entomacrodus marmoratus	pao'o	marbled blenny	Uncommon	Natve
Entomacrodus strasburgi	pao'o	Strasburg's blenny	Uncommon	Natve
Evistias acutirostris		whiskered armorhead	Occasional	Native
Exallias brevis	pao'o kauila	shortbodied blenny	Rare	Native
Fistularia commersonii	nunu peke	smooth trumpetfish	Occasional	Native
Forcipiger flavissimus	lau wiliwili nukunuku 'oi'oi	forcepsfish	Common	Native
Forcipiger longirostris	lau wiliwili nukunuku 'oi'oi	longnose butterflyfish	Occasional	Native
Gomphosus varius	hinalea 'i'iwi	bird wrasse	Common	Native
Goniistius vittatus	kikakapu	Hawaiian morwong	Occasional	Native
Gunnellichthys curiosus		curious wormfish	Occasional	Native
Gymnomuraena zebra	puhi	zebra moray	Rare	Native
Gymnothorax eurostrus	puhi	stout moray	Occasional	Native
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus	puhi paka	yellowmargin moray	Rare	Native
Gymnothorax meleagris	puhi oni'o	whitemouth moray	Rare	Native

Species: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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