This morning, we snorkeled in deeper water again, and encountered some interesting fish.
I'm sharing photos of two species of triggerfish. The Hawaiian name for triggerfish is humuhumu. The first photo is a lagoon triggerfish (one of two species to be called humuhumu nukunuku apua'a). This species grows up to 12 inches.
The second triggerfish is the finescale triggerfish, which is rare in Hawaii. It occurs in the eastern Pacific from California to Chile. This species grows up to 30 inches.
The third species is the barred filefish (Hawaiian name: o'ili). This species can reach 15 inches.
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