Hawaii Marine Life Pictures

I lived in Hawaii for a few years and thought I'd share some of my better dive pictures. Hope you enjoy!

*All pictures were photoshopped.

Anemone crab


Aiptasia


Arc-eye hawkfish


Black-spot goatfish


Juvenile bluespine unicornfish


Bluespine unicornfish


Flounder


Flounder


Fungia


Giant porcupinefish


Giant trevally - my favorite fish


Green sea turtle


Harlequin shrimp


Hawaiian dascyllus


Imperial nudibranch


Indo-pacific sergeant


Juvenile rockmover wrasse


Longnose butterfly


Ornate wrasse


Oval butterflyfish


Oval chromis


Assorted algae in a tide pool


Picasso triggerfish


Pyramid butterflyfish


Convict tang


Flounder


Feather duster worm


Red spotted sandperch - this is a very interesting aquarium fish! They can be aggressive once bigger though.


Saddle wrasse


Snowflake coral


Thornback cowfish


Tiger moray


Undulated moray


Unidentified blenny


Unidentified coral


Yellow spotted guard crab


Divided flatworm


Unidentified frogfish


Bullethead parrotfish (could be an ember parrotfish)


White spotted toby


Unidentified slipper lobster


Unidentified soldierfish


Unidentified tidepool goby


Barred filefish


White mouth moray


White mouth moray


Goatfish I think, too far away and too long ago!

 

amazing. the trigger is not a picasso looks like a rectangle to me, the blenny is an arc eye hawk,the coral could be a spire wire coral.awesome pics and life forms!;D

 

Excellent photos, really love the flounder with the blue spots!

 

Thats awesome!!! Great pics!!!

 

Sweet photos

 

Thanks!

Common names create some confusion sometimes, the trigger is Rhinecanthus rectangulus, the state fish of Hawaii.

Hoover (Hawaiian Reef Fishes) calls it a Picasso, Wedgetail or Reef triggerfish.

Randalls (Shore Fishes of Hawaii) calls it a Reef triggerfish.

Many people in Hawaii simply call them "Humu's".

 

the picasso is also the state fish, both have the same Hawiian (spelling) name to.

 

We're talking about the same fish lol.

The state fish of Hawaii is Rhinecanthus rectangulus, which is more commonly known as the picasso triggerfish, wedgetail triggerfish or reef triggerfish (according to Randall and Hoover).

Those are all the same fish

This is why common names are confusing. R. rectangulus has several different common names.

 

Thank you so much for sharing, great images. Curious, what island or islands you were diving off, it looks like I see a wreak in one image?

I love to see the big Jacks.

 

wow, those are amazing pictures! makes me wanna go diving in Hawaii even more now. haha