Did you know the Long Nose Butterfly Fish was one of the first to be described by Captain James Cook on his voyage to the Hawaiian islands?

Ornate Butterflyfish or Kikapu
Chaetodon Ornatissimus Cuvier

Description • Cream with black bars on the face and orange lines running along the body. The body is mostly rimmed in black. It grows to 8 inches.

Habitat • The Ornate Butterflyfish is found in Tropical Marine waters thoughout the Indo-Pacific and Sri Lanka. This fish is usually found in a pairs.

Diet • The Ornate Butterflyfish eats coarls polygons native to Hawai'i.

Did you know that those butterfly fishes oriented to the bottom of the reef become territorial?

Oval Butterfly Fish or Kapuhili
Chaetodon lunulatus

Description • These fishes are usually found in pairs and are about 6" in length. Just recently it was discovered that there were two different species and that this fish once called the Chaetodon trifasciatus was restricted to the Indian Ocean. the species in the Pacific is now called Chaetodon lunulatus. This fish is active during the day

Habitat • The Oval Butterfly fish lives in sheltered coral reefs in calm lagoons and bays.

Diet • Like to feed on coral polyps.

The Ornate Butterflyfish usually is found in pairs.

Long Nose Butterflyfish or
Lauwiliwilinuku'oi'oi
Forcipiger Longirostris

Description • The Long Nose Butterfly Fish's snout is very long and skinny. It can grow up to 8 inches. Its body is yellow, the nape and upper half of its head are black, its thorax and lower half is white. It also has a huge dot on its lower fin. Its Hawaiian name translates to leaf of the wiliwili tree with a long or sharp nose.

Habitat • The Long Nose Butterfly Fish lives on walls or ledges. It also can live in caves. When it is in the cave, it swims upside down on the roof.

Diet • The Long Nose Butterfly Fish eats worms. It also eats shrimp and small crustaceans.