Stethojulis balteata (1: Shark Pit, Maui / 2: Kaloko Arches, Kona / 3: Two Step, Kona / 4: Three Fingers, Kauai / 5-6: Black Rock, Maui) These are juveniles; the stripes fade into adulthood: (1-2: Kahalu'u Beach Park, Kona) Bird WrasseGomphosus varius (1: Mala Pier, Maui / 2: Garbonzo's Lair, Molokini / 3,7: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 4: Pentagon, Kona / 5: Golden Arches, Kona / 6: Sheraton Caverns, Kauai / 8: Horseshoe Reef, Oahu) Males are a brilliant blue-green. Females are black and white with an orange nose; this coloration resembles a bird's feathers and beak. Blackside Razor WrasseIniistius umbrilatus These are juveniles: Blackstripe CorisCoris flavovittata Females have the black stripes that give this species its name. Males are much more colorful. Bronzespot Razor WrasseIniistius celebicus (1-3: Olowalu, Maui) Christmas WrasseThalassoma trilobatum Cigar WrasseCheilio inermis Disappearing WrassePseudocheilinus evanidus Eightline WrassePseudocheilinus octotaenia (1: Menpachi Caves, Lanai / 2: Ice Box, Kauai / 3: Kanaka Nui, Kauai / 4-5: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 6: Horseshoe Reef, Oahu / 7: Harbor Ledges, Kauai / 8: Hale O Honu, Kauai) Elegant CorisCoris venusta Fivestripe WrasseThalassoma quinquevitattum (1-2: Amber's Arches, Kauai) Fourline WrassePseudocheilinus tetrataenia (1-2: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 3: First Cathedral, Lanai / 4: Happy Talk, Kauai / 5: Niihau Arches, Niihau / 6: Paradise Pinnacle, Kona) Hawaiian Cleaner WrasseLabroides phthirophagus (1: Enenue, Molokini / 2: Kaloko Arches, Kona / 3: Tortugas, Kauai / 4: Fast Lanes, Kauai / 5: Ice Box, Kauai / 6: First Cathedral, Lanai / 7: Sheraton Caverns, Kauai / 8: Moray Eel Cove, Kona) Fish will visit the wrasse's territory and hold still to be cleaned. Some other species clean, mostly as juveniles, but the Hawaiian cleaner wrasse is the only fish in Hawaii that does it full-time. I've got a whole page of pictures of Hawaiian cleaner wrasse cleaning other fish. Subadults have a blueish front half instead of a yellow front half: Juveniles are black and purple: Hawaiian HogfishBodianus albotaeniatus (1: Menpachi Caves, Lanai / 2: Enenue, Molokini / 3: Fast Lanes, Kauai / 4: Sheraton Caverns, Kauai / 5: Brennecke's Ledge, Kauai / 6: Kanaka Nui, Kauai / 7: Happy Talk, Kauai) Juveniles are yellow and black: Hawaiian KnifefishCymolutes lecluse |