Common Name List - Fishes of Kalaupapa National Historical Park

Common Names of Fish and Fish Families - Click name for more information

A	E	M	S
Acanthuridae	eagle rays	Microdesmidae	sandlances
Alopiidae	Eleotridae	Monocanthidae	scads
amberjack	Elopidae	Moorish idol	Scaridae
Ammodytidae	emperors	morays	Scorpaenidae
angelfishes	F	morwogs	scorpionfishes
Apogonidae	fangblennies	Mugilidae	sergeants
armorhead	filefishes	mullets	sergeant majors
Aulostomidae	filefishes	Mullidae	Serranidae
B	Fistulariidae	Muraenidae	sleepers
Balistidae	flagtails	N	snakefish
barracudas	forcepsfish	O	snappers
Belonidae	G	Oplegnathiidae	soldierfish
big-eyes	goatfishes	Ostraciontidae	Sphyraenidae
Blenniidae	gobies	P	Sphyrnidae
boxfish	Gobiidae	parrotfishes	spiny balloonfish
bristletooth	gregory	Pentacerotidae	squirrelfishes
butterflyfishes	H		stocky hawkfish
C	halfbeaks	Pomacanthidae	stream goby
Caracanthidae	hammerhead	Pomacentridae	striped cheek stream gobi
Carangidae	hammerhead sharks	Priacanthidae	stripey
Carcharhinidae	hawkfishes	puffers	surgeonfishes
cardinalfishes	Hemiramphidae	Q	Synodontidae
cardinals	hinds	queenfish	T
Chaetodontidae	hogfish	R	tangs
chromis	Holocentridae	razorfish	tenpounder
chubs	I	reef sharks	Tetraodontidae
Cheilodactylidae	J	requiem sharks	tobies
Cirrhitidae	jobfish	Rhinidae	trevallies
conger eels	K	rockskippers	triggerfishes
congers	knifejaw	rudderfishes	trumpetfishes
Congridae	Kuliidae		trumpetfishes
coris	Kyphosidae		U
cornetfishes	L		ulae
Coryphaenidae	Labridae		unicornfishes
D	Lethrinidae		velvetfish
damselfishes	Limnichthyidae		W
damsels	Lutjanidae		wormfishes
dascyllus			wrasses
Diodontidae			X
durgons			Xenocongridae
			Xiphiidae
			Zanclidae

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