Hawaiian Fishes 



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The body of this butterfly fish is pale yellow in color and is marked 

 with eight longitudinal blue lines along the body. In addition, the body 

 is marked with n;^'0 black spots located one above the eye at the beginning 

 of the dorsal fin and the other at the base of the tail. This fish is a 

 common species and reaches a length of three to six inches. 



This butterfly fish is known only from the Hawaiian Archipelago. 



Kapuhili 



102-4 Chaetodon trifasciatus Mungo Park 



Plate V, Figure 2 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



The color of this fish varies somewhat. The head and the jaws are 

 blackish and are marked with a vertical stripe through the eye. The body 

 is a dirty yellowish color and is marked with many darker streaks running 

 lengthwise through the body. A black stripe with a yellow border marks 

 the back end of the dorsal fin, the caudal fin, and the anal fin. This fish 

 reaches a length of about six inches. 



Although it is widely distributed in Polynesia, it is quite rare about 

 Hawaiian coral reefs. 



This fish is distributed from the Red Sea, Mauretius and Zanzibar 

 through the Indian Ocean, the East Indies, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, 

 along Queensland and as far north as the Hawaiian Islands. 



