Top 20 Reef Fish found in Hawai'i

Join a professional marine biologist as she talks about Hawai'i's Top 20 reef fish, how to identify them, their role in Hawaiian culture and in coral reef ecology.
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[@TRIGRhap_]

I just love seeing how these fish live in the same environments and evolve so differently. That butterfly fish was incredibly beautiful

[@pokermon919]

Such a informative video..as a aquarium lover this is awesome!

[@mindmart_]

Black tang is my favorite.

[@brittanykuzina4027]

Great video. Straight to the point.

[@raysjep7765]

informative and educational! Can't wait to see these fish again in March!

[@yeuxdal]

More please ! This was great.

[@CYHo-PG]

Thank you so much for the wonderful Hawaiian names and details! So helpful to have the clip to show when I teach the Geography-Biology of coral reefs to 16-18year. I am understanding more of how each specie is important to the reefs, some of which i saw briefly during a visit to Maui in May! Hoping to visit again to appreciate snorkeling activities with these new insights!

[@heathermoore5382]

Great video. I just came back from Maui, so this brought back some memories. I hope there are, or will be more like this.

[@pattypowell2524]

Wonderful!!! I love the information!! Thanks!!!

[@kioshiselin3080]

Great video! More please!

[@OahuDives]

the goat fish hawaiian name is pronounced veke

[@stephaniesprouse3293]

Loved this video ❤

[@user-bz8bh5gv3v]

Wonderful presentation

[@youcos]

This is great! I hope you make more like this. Then I can show them to people who are going to snorkel or dive in Hawaii for their first time, before they go! Couple of questions: a) Does the name humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa also refer to the Picassofish aka lagoon triggerfish? b) When you introduce the gray chub, doesn't the first scene you show have mostly highfin chub (aka topsail chub)? I think I see some gray chub a couple of cuts later, but at first I think it's mostly highfin chubs.

[@umbrellacorp.]

Humuhumunkunukuāpuáa... 🥴 Lauwiliwilinukunukuoíoi... my god... 😵 I "SEA" what you're talking about. 😂👍💯

[@customislandtours]

Excellent

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Fish are amazing!

[@PlurLogic]

I laughed every time u said their Hawaiian names. So phunny, especially the long named ones. 😅😅😅

[@lucyfalcke5223]

Hello! I love you channel, I love everything to do with the ocean and my dream is to be a marine biologist 😊 I was wondering what is your most favourite fish, mine is a volition lion fish 🐠! Thanks sooooo much for posting amazing, educational videos 😆😆😆😆

[@KaimanaConservation]

Ooooh! Thats such a tough question, haha! Disclaimer: my favorite fish changes all the time, but right now I love the Commersons Frogfish - they are so "derpy!" O_o

[@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979]

0:19 Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

[@alexmsibert]

Nice educational video! Does Hawaii have blue sea stars? I spotted one on the Moorish Idol clip.

[@KaimanaConservation]

Mahalo! I went back to review the Moorish Idol footage, there is a Linckia seastar in the background :) they vary in color from a light blue to a mint green. Good spotting!

[@alexmsibert]

@@KaimanaConservation oh cool! I’ve never seen them in Hawaii but all the time in Guam.

[@edwardj3070]

❤

[@savagehawaii7491]

🤙

[@jonnieinbangkok]

Need a frogfish 😢

[@chriswinters5844]

Aren’t all the oceans connected so it can’t be invasive because it could also go back to where it came from and more of them could come to Hawaii if they wanted to even if humans put them in the water

[@mchamp3690]

I like the way you think I agree 🐠

[@kafeene]

reef fish typically do not cross hundreds or thousands of miles of open deep-sea

[@chriswinters5844]

@@kafeene you never know

[@chriswinters5844]

@@kafeene You never know