maui ocean & plant life Juveline Banded Filefish & Threadfin Butterflyfish

Fish can look considerably different between growth stages, sometimes tricky for identification. Fortunately, our MANY underwater fish books have that base covered. Another favorite filefish is the striking Scrawled Filefish, Aluterus scriptus.

Exposure Date: 2014:11:07 08:58:28;

ImageDescription: Marine invertebrates (absence of backbone or spinal column, e.g., coral & urchin) & vertebrate (presence of backbone or spinal column, e.g., fish) CU: JUVENILE BANDED FILEFISH (looks like, but isn’t, American Whitespotted Filefish) THREADFIN BUTTERFLYFISH (big yellow / white), cauliflower & (green) lobe corals, reef at Molokini Shoal Marine Life Conservation District, Molokini itself is a crescent-shaped volcanic caldera (crater), a sanctuary and an islet in Alalakeiki Channel between Maui & Kahoolawe Islands, Molokini is part of the County of Maui, off the coast of Makena, South Maui coast, Hawaiian Islands;

Make: Panasonic;

Model: DMC-TS5;

ExposureTime: 1/500 s;

FNumber: f/3;

ISOSpeedRatings: 200;

FocalLength: 4 mm;

FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 28 mm;

Software: iPhoto 9.6;