CRITTER: Meet Hawaii’s Super Rare Flame Angelfish

Terry Lilley / Contributed

The Flame Angelfish hides in the reef but comes out to feed then darts back into its hiding place.

At one point in time it was thought that this extremely colorful four inch long angelfish may be extinct here in Hawaii as no one had seen one for years! I have done over 3,000 dives in the Hawaiian Islands and up until last year I had never seen this rare fish here in Hawai‘i but it is quite common in parts of the Philippines and the South Pacific.

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