Locations
Fish species in Hawaii
104 species have two or more US observation records in Hawaii. Explore their habitats, families, and local records.
104 species have two or more US observation records in Hawaii. ITIS calls 73 of them native to the United States, 4 native to part of the country and introduced elsewhere, and 26 introduced.
- Species
- 104
- Freshwater
- 34
- Saltwater
- 81
- Survey list
- 0
The USGS stream survey is conterminous, so it has no Hawaii list. Every species below comes from GBIF observation records.
The statute
The official state fish of Hawaii
Rhinecanthus rectangulus · named 2006
ITIS files no US record under Rhinecanthus rectangulus, so this site has no page for it.
A state fish is a statute, not a survey. It says which fish the legislature chose, not which fish is most common. The list above links each row to the state's own record.
Most recorded
The fish of Hawaii
The species with the most observation records in the state. It is the closest the open data comes to naming the fish people meet.
Groups
Types of fish in Hawaii
Species
All 104 species, A–Z
A
B
- Balloonfish Diodon holocanthus
- Black Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Black Triggerfish Melichthys niger
- Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
- Blackspot Goatfish Parupeneus pleurostigma
- Blacktail Snapper Lutjanus fulvus
- Blotched Snakehead Channa maculata
- Blue Goatfish Parupeneus cyclostomus
- Bluestripe Herring Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus
- Blunthead Puffer Sphoeroides pachygaster
- Brown Goby Bathygobius fuscus
- Brown Leatherjacket Cantherhines sandwichiensis
- Butterfly Peacock Bass Cichla ocellaris
C
- Cabillus caudimacula
- Cantherhines verecundus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Cocos Frillfin Goby Bathygobius cocosensis
- Collybus drachme
- Commerson's Frogfish Antennarius commerson
- Common Bluestripe Snapper Lutjanus kasmira
- Common Goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus
- Cosmopolitan Flyingfish Exocoetus volitans
- Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Cuban Limia Limia vittata
D
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
- Sailfin Flyingfish Parexocoetus brachypterus
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Samoan Goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
- Scrawled Filefish Aluterus scriptus
- Sharksucker Echeneis naucrates
- Shortfin Molly Poecilia mexicana
- Side-jet Frogfish Antennarius duescus
- Small Toothed Jobfish Aphareus furca
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Southern Platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus
- Spiny Boxfish Lactoria diaphana
- Spotted Boxfish Ostracion meleagris
- Striated Frogfish Antennarius striatus
- Sufflamen bursa
- Sufflamen fraenatum
T
W
Y
One record only
13 more with a single record
One observation can be a stray, an aquarium release, or a mis-keyed locality, so these are kept out of the count above and listed here instead. The first 13 are shown.
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