Here is a rare fish I have never seen one in the shallow reef near to shore. This pair I came across while diving at 80ft. Its nice to see a new fish for the first time and this pair put on a nice synchro swim for me. This fish could easily be mistaken for [...]

Large schools of this fish abound around reefy points in Makena, Maui. They are easy to distinguish from other butterlyfish because of the small black dots on the yellow body. They get to be about 6 inches long and feed on coral. Makena, Maui.

These, like most butterflyfish, come in pairs or couples. They keep a mate for life. They swim around the reef picking at the coral with their pointy mouths. Easy to identify because of the black saddle. Ahihi-Kinau.

These butterflyfish are easy to spot, the yellow body and long nose give them away immediately. This fish was using his long nose to suck food out of the small holes in the reef. Olowalu.

This is the largest school of Milletseed butterflies I have ever seen, but I have never seen one alone either, they seem to go in pairs for the most part. It’s always cool to find a large school of fish, just the mass of color swimming like they do is great to watch. Off the [...]

I have always found this fish in a pair, like other butterlfyfish, they pair up for life. For some reason this type of butterflyfish is rare. If you know where a couple live though you can always find them in the same place. I got this photo at Maluaka Point.