The yellow tang (top) and Hawaiian cleaner wrasse (bottom) are among Hawaii’s diverse families of reef fish, many of which have connections to Hawaii’s culture and past. — Maui Ocean Center ...

Its Hawaiian name is lauwiliwili nukunuku ‘oi ... stations to remove crustacean parasites from their fellow reef fish. Another difference between the two species is their main habitat.

HONOLULU— The state of Hawaii’s Environmental Council has upheld the Board of Land and Natural Resources’ decision to maintain the ban on collecting fish for the aquarium pet trade off the west coast ...

These findings contribute to a broadening understanding of sponge biodiversity within the Hawaiian archipelago and throughout Oceania. "We used autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS ...

Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to ... The release of these iconic coral reef fish into our nearshore waters ...

It’s possible that the citizen had been well-meaning and thought bringing the coral back to the wild would benefit the existing reef. However, as none of the species were native to Hawaii ...

The researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi, the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and The University of Manchester, identified how coral reef fish living in the Arabian Gulf - the warmest waters on earth - ...

Approximately one-fourth of the plants, fish and invertebrates found in Hawaiian coral reefs are endemic to Hawai‘i. Coral reefs are intrinsic to Hawaiian culture and fundamental to the fabric of ...