Giant Barnacle
Very large, unstalked barnacle with a large aperture or opening. Often found in clusters.
Dungeness Crab
10 small, pointy “teeth” on either side of carapace. Claws are yellow, white-tipped and serrated. Similar sp. Slender Cancer Crab has a white margin on its carapace and purple legs.
Coonstripe Shrimp
Large translucent brown to green body with dark brown, red or black markings. Sometimes has thin blue lines or fine white spots. The most common shrimp seen by Pacific Northwest divers.
Candy Stripe Shrimp
Small transparent body. Often seen under anemone tentacles.

Known as honu in Hawaiian. Green Sea Turtles are the only commonly sighted turtle in Hawaiian waters. Some populations have been inflicted with fibropapillomatosis (FP) tumors. If you'd like to know more about why REEF is including sea turtles in our surveys, click here: https://www.REEF.org/sea-turtle-sighting-program

Pale body with three to four body bars, bars tend to disappear at night. Dark streak at eye distinguishes it from similar looking doublebar goatfish.

Pinktail Durgon
Dark body with a yellowish cast. Clear white dorsal, anal and tail fins.
Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby
Yellowish brown to dark brown with numerous white spots on head and body, no spots on fins. Bright green eyes.
Spotted Boxfish (Female)
A boxfish with a body outer skeleton. Black body and white spots, males have bright blue sides.
Trumpetfish
Adept at color change. Most common phase is brown to reddish brown; can be blue-gray, bright yellow or many shades between. Have pale lines, scattered small black spots, and a black streak on upper jaw.

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