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Fishbase has some poor pics that are side views only. I e-mailed the guys at the Waikiki Aquarium for info about this fish when I first moved here because I couldn't find any scientific names for it. I used to sell them back in the days when I owned a pet store and couldn't find anyghint about them in books.
In Kona they are extremely common (almost any cauliflower coral with a diameter of around 10 inches that is somewhat deep will have one or 2 of these in them) yet nobody really looks for them so most DMs don't know what they are. We also often find guard crabs, snapping shrimp and speckled scorpions in the same corals along with the gumdrop gobies.
Later Edit....
Just pointed out elsewhere that they are not C. maculatus but C. typicus. Could be a classification change since I wrote the guys at the Waikiki aquarium 5 year back or possibly they made the same mistake as I, oh well.
In Kona they are extremely common (almost any cauliflower coral with a diameter of around 10 inches that is somewhat deep will have one or 2 of these in them) yet nobody really looks for them so most DMs don't know what they are. We also often find guard crabs, snapping shrimp and speckled scorpions in the same corals along with the gumdrop gobies.
Later Edit....
Just pointed out elsewhere that they are not C. maculatus but C. typicus. Could be a classification change since I wrote the guys at the Waikiki aquarium 5 year back or possibly they made the same mistake as I, oh well.
Diver0001:
Unless Dr. Randall says otherwise, I would think so. These guys are tough to get a decent shot of. Justleesa's shot is one of the better ones I've seen.
Here's some more info from another source http://www.hawaiisfishes.com/fishes/neatfish/caracanthus.htm
Steve
Here's some more info from another source http://www.hawaiisfishes.com/fishes/neatfish/caracanthus.htm
Steve
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According to my marine biologist friend here on Maui it is a Hawaiian Orbicular Velvetfish a/k/a "Velvetfish" for short (Caracanthus typicus) Page 65 in the Randall book.
Wow, I am glad you guys know what it is...it looks nothing like the description or photo in my new ID book. And the closest I come to the above is a Caracanthus maculatus...don't have the typicus in here at all.
They sure do look different from that angle!
They sure do look different from that angle!
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