Thalassoma ballieui
(1-2: Turtle Canyons, Oahu)
Ornate Wrasse
Halichoeres ornatissimus
(1-2: First Cathedral, Lanai / 3: Pentagon, Kona / 4: Kanaka Nui, Kauai / 5: Coral Galleries, Kauai / 6: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 7: Horseshoe Reef, Oahu / 8: Dog Beach, Kona)
Juveniles are iridescent green:
(1-2: Hammerhead Point, Kona)
Peacock Razor WrasseIniistius pavo
(1: No Name, Lanai)
Pearl Wrasse
Anampses cuvier
(1: Shark Pit, Maui / 2: Kanaka Nui, Kauai)
Pencil Wrasse
Pseudojuloides cerasinus
(1: Ice Box, Kauai / 2: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 3: Horseshoe Reef, Oahu / 4: Second Cathedral, Lanai / 5: Dog Beach, Kona / 6: Paradise Pinnacle, Kona)
Males are green; females are red.
Psychedelic Wrasse
Anampses chrysocephalus
(1-2: Ice Box, Kauai / 3: Turtle Canyons, Oahu / 4: Olowalu, Maui / 5: Second Cathedral, Lanai / 6: Harbor Ledges, Kauai)
These are juveniles: (1: Dog Beach, Kona / 2: Sheraton, Kona)
Ringtail Wrasse
Oxycheilinus unifasciatus
(1: Pipe Dreams, Kona / 2: Hammerhead Point, Kona / 3-4: Pentagon, Kona / 5: Second Cathedral, Lanai / 6: No Name, Lanai / 7-8: Sheraton, Kona)
Rockmover Wrasse
(aka Dragon Wrasse)
Novaculichthys taeniourus
(1-2,4: Kahalu'u Beach Park, Kona / 3: Tortugas, Kauai / 5-6: Turtle Canyons, Oahu / 7: Skull Cave, Kona)
Juveniles are frilly and spotted. You can see why an alternate common name is dragon wrasse.
(1: First Cathedral, Lanai / 2-4: Golden Arches, Kona / 5-6: High Rock, Kona / 7-8: Moray Eel Cove, Kona)
Saddle Wrasse
Thalassoma duperray
(1-2: Shark Pit, Maui / 3: Pipe Dreams, Kona / 4: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 5: Menpachi Caves, Lanai / 6: Kahalu'u Beach Park, Kona / 7-8: Horseshoe Reef, Oahu)
The more dominant the male, the whiter the stripe.
Juveniles are striped the other direction. The first one is hanging out with some blackfin chromis; the second, with an adult:
(1: Menpachi Caves, Lanai / 2: Kahalu'u Beach Park, Kona / 3: Kanaka Nui, Kauai)
These are transitional juveniles where both vertical and horizontal stripes are visible. The second shot also has a juvenile.
(1: Sheraton Caverns, Kauai / 2: Mala Pier, Maui)
Shortnose Wrasse
Macropharyngodon geoffroy
(1: Tortugas, Kauai / 2-3: Coral Galleries, Kauai / 4: Sheraton Caverns, Kauai / 5-6: Corsair, Oahu / 7: Reef's End, Molokini)
These are juveniles:
(1: Sheraton Caverns, Kauai / 2: Tortugas, Kauai / 3: Harbor Ledges, Kauai)
Twospot WrasseOxycheilinus bimaculatus
This is a juvenile:
Yellowtail Coris
Coris gaimard
(1: Kahalu'u Beach Park, Kona / 2-3: Golden Arches, Kona / 4: Horseshoe Reef, Oahu / 5: Turtle Canyons, Oahu / 6: Mala Pier, Maui / 7-8: Skull Cave, Kona)
Juveniles start out red and white, and gradually acquire the blue rear and yellow tail:
(1-2: Reef's End, Molokini / 3: Enenue, Molokini / 4-5: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 6: Dog Beach, Kona / 7: Skull Cave, Kona / 8: Sheraton, Kona)
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