This is the longest bodied of all the wrasse found in Hawaii, its color changes over time, from a yellowish, brown, green or even whitish with a distinct yellow blotch on the side. For some reason this wrasse in the picture was attatched at the hip with the goatfish, they swam together the whole time [...]

This little fish is a far cry from the adult it will become, dark and uninteresting coloring. This fish is also called an old woman wrasse, because the face looks like an old woman, with funny lips. Makena surf.

This is the early stage of the bird wrasse, the Hawaiians gave it a different name than the larger adult coloring. They gradually shift color, and I have seen them in that transition, I will try to get a good photo of that and post it here. These guys bounce around the reef picking at [...]

Several posts ago I was writing about getting the perfect shot of a bird wrasse, well here it is. That fish just stayed still long enough to get a few shots off, and facing the light for a clear detailed photo. Bravo, now if I could get every fish to do that. It was one [...]

This wrasse is particularly difficult to capture with a camera, it is constantly moving and the colors seem to be a blur. I am still in search of the perfect Bird wrasse picture, until I get it, this will have to do. Taken at Olowalu.

This is a typical wrasse, behaves just like a wrasse should. Bounces around feeding on the reef and is wary of larger creatures, like me. I cornered this one in a hole in the reef to get this shot at Maluaka Bay in Maui.

This was a lucky shot, I rarely see these Pearl Wrasses. This one dropped in at Kai Kanani reef in Maluaka bay Maui and I got a good picture of it. They behave like a typical wrasse, jouncing around feeding on the reef.