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Hawaiian fishes 



This fish is uniform in color but for a pair of round spots, the first 

 at the base of the last dorsal spines, the second at the base of the last 

 dorsal rays. It reaches a length of two inches. 



This fish is found from East Africa and Mauretius through India, the 

 Andaman Islands, Nicobar, the East Indies, Melanesia, Micronesia, and 

 Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



Kupipi or Oonui Aoao Nui 



112-13 Abudefduf sordidus (Forskal) 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermonn 



The kupipi is a silvery gray color above, white beneath, and is marked 

 with six pale vertical bands and also by a black spot on the caudal 

 peduncle just behind the dorsal fin. It reaches a length of about eight 

 inches and is commonly sold as a food fish. The young may be found 

 in tide pools which are filled by the spray. 



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

 through all of the islands to the East Indies, along China and Queensland, 

 and throughout Melanesia and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



