Hawaiian Fishes 



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Butterfly Fish 



102-7 Chaetodon punctato-fasciatus Cuvier 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



This butterfly fish is marked with six dark vertical bands on the body 

 and one on the tail. Probably of a yellowish color in life, it is a pale 

 brown color in alcohol. It reaches a length of four inches. 



A rare fish, it is distributed through the East Indies, Melanesia, 

 Micronesia and as far north as the Hawaiian Islands. 



Kikakapu, Kapuhili, or Lauhau 



102-8 Chaetodon lunula (Lacepede) 



Plate V, Figure 8 



The kapuhili is a yellowish olive color in life and is marked with a 

 broad black band running vertically through the eye and a black stripe 

 at the base of the tail. It reaches a length of seven inches and is occasionally 

 seen in island markets. 



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

 the Andaman Islands, the East Indies, along Queensland and China, 

 through Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian 

 Islands. It is a common species in Samoa. 



