A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Coris gaimard
"hīnālea ‘akilolo" "Females are fairly common on reefs exposed to surge, males uncommon, and juveniles common during late spring and summer. Males have a greenish bar behind the pectoral fins. Feeds upon invertebrates. Attains 12 inches. Hawai‘i to Southern Japan, Indonesia, and the Tropical Pacific." http://www.marinelifephotography.com/fis...
Spotted on Aug 5, 2008
Submitted on Nov 13, 2013
3 Comments
Logan, I take that back: you were right, it is a wrasse! Just a much larger wrasse than I am accustomed to seeing. ID'd as Coris gaimard (or Coris gaimardi?) on the website you mentioned, as well as on Wikipedia. http://www.marinelifephotography.com/fis... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrasse Thank you very much!
Actually, this one was much bigger, perhaps about a foot in length! (Do note that I am consulting a memory more than five years old, so that is very approximate.) At the time, I recall thinking that it must be a type of parrotfish.
Here is a picture from somebody else that I found online. It must be the same species: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/lahaina-d...
This may also be a wrasse?