Correctly pronouncing the reef triggerfish’s Hawaiian name has long ... parasites from their fellow reef fish. Another difference between the two species is their main habitat.

For decades commercial aquarium collectors in Hawaii routinely extracted hundreds of thousands of endemic and indigenous Hawaiian reef fish and invertebrates a year ... to the protection of endangered ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s study of Hawaii’s deep-sea coral reefs, 43 percent of the documented fish species were endemic, far greater than the 17 ...

The area is home to seven wildlife refuges, which are made up of coral reefs, island habitats, and open ocean. Sharks, fish, and two endangered species of sea turtles ... resources," Senator Brian ...

Some reef fish have the unexpected ability to move their jaws from side to side, biologists at the University of California, ...

RANGE: The seal lives throughout the northwestern Hawaiian islands, with six main reproductive sites at Kure Atoll, the Midway Islands, Pearl and Hermes Reef ... species' average lifespan is from 25 ...

The Pacific Island Heritage National Marine Monument, about 750 miles west of Hawaii, is dotted by coral reefs and atolls, with species of fish, marine mammals and birds rarely found anywhere else.