Hawaiian Fishes 



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estuaries to the uplands and is often found on sand and mud flats in 

 salt water. 



This fish is a slow easy swimmer, but it will show bursts of speed 

 when frightened and will dash to safety beneath rocks and vegetation. 

 Apparently carnivorous, it is reported to feed on snails, shrimps, smaller 

 fish, and insects. 



This fish is found on all of the larger islands of the Hawaiian group. 

 It is distributed from Zanzibar, Madagascar, Bourbon, Mauretius, Seychelles, 

 India, Ceylon, Nicobars, Andamans, the East Indies, China, Riu Kiu, 

 Japan, Queensland, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. 



Oopu 



115-2 Gobiomorphus eugenius (Jordan & Evermann) 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



The body of this sleeper is dirty white in color and is marked with 

 vertical bars of brown. A small fish, it reaches a length of at least one 

 and one-half inches. 



It is known from Laysan Island and the Hawaiian Islands. 



Oopu 



115-3 Asterropterix semipunctatus Russell 

 This oopu varies from a uniform dark brownish gray to a bluish gray 



in color. It is darker above than beneath and the sides of the body are 



marked with six or eight indistinct, dark gray, transverse bands. It reaches 



a length of at least two and one-half inches. 



An uncommon species, this fish does not enter fresh water. It prefers 



to live in and around corals. 



