Butterflyfishes – Chaetodontidae
Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 Hawaiian Name: Kikakapu
Speckled Butterflyfish, Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831 Hawaiian Name:
Saddleback Butterflyfish, Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831 Hawaiian Name: kikakapu
Bluestripe Butterflyfish, Chaetodon fremblii Bennett, 1829 Hawaiian Name: kikakapu
Blacklip Butterflyfish, Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 Hawaiian Name:
Lined Butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831 Hawaiian Name: kikakapu
Raccoon Butterflyfish, Chatodon lunuia (Lacepede, 1803) Hawaiian Name: kikakapu
Oval Butterflyfish, Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 Hawaiian Name: Kapuhili
Milletseed Butterflyfish, Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Hawaiian Name: lauwiliwili
Multiband Butterflyfish, Chaetodon multicinctus Garrett, 1863 Hawaiian Name: kikakapu
Ornate Butterflyfish, Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 Hawaiian Name: kikakapu
Fourspot Butterflyfish, Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray 1833 Hawaiian Name: lauhau
Reticulated Butterflyfish, Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831 Hawaiian Name:
Tinker’s Butterflyfish, Chaetodon tinkeri Schultz, 1951 Hawaiian Name:
Teardrop Butterflyfish, Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787 Hawaiian Name: Lauhau
Common Longnose Butterflyfish, Forcipiger flavissimus Jordon & McGregor, 1898 Hawaiian Name: lauwiliwili nukunuku oioi
Big Longnose Butterflyfish, Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) Hawaiian Name: Lauwiliwili nukunuku oioi
Pyramid Butterflyfish, Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Bleeker 1857) Hawaiian Name:
Thompson’s Butterflyfish, Hemitaurichthys thompsoni Fowler, 1923 Hawaiian Name:
Pennant Butterflyfish, Heniochus diphreutes Jordon, 1903 Hawaiian Name:
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