Redbarred Hawkfish or Pilikoʻa

It took about 20 attempts, doing somersaults between surges tossing me towards the rocks, before I finally captured a good photo of this shy, territorial fish. With encouragement from John Hoover, I looked AGAIN through his books for a +ID.

Exposure Date: 2014:11:06 12:02:05;

ImageDescription: Marine invertebrates (absence of backbone or spinal column, e.g., coral & urchin) & vertebrate (presence of backbone or spinal column, e.g., a fish): here is a 4-5” long REDBARRED HAWKFISH,* a very shy hard-to-photograph pectoral swimmer that hides under a rock, feathered nodules 1st dorsal fin: 3-4 ft surge zone, northern-most reef @ Keawakapu Beach just out from Mana Kai Maui Resort. Snorkeling in the Pacific Ocean at Kihei, Island of / County of Maui, Hawaiian Islands — *P. 166, John P. Hoover’s “The Ultimate Guide Hawaiian Reef Fishes” Fifth printing, June 2013;

Make: Panasonic;

Model: DMC-TS2;

ExposureTime: 1/40 s;

FNumber: f/3;

ISOSpeedRatings: 400;

FocalLength: 4 mm;

FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 29 mm;

Software: iPhoto 9.6;