Scribbled Filefish, Aluterus scriptus in Kona, Hawaii. Image: Brocken Inaglory/GNU
This proposed species White List of all species approved for aquarium collecting, was approved by the West Hawaii Fishery Council in September 2010. Any species not on the list would not be legal to collect. (This regulation is not yet in effect, and is not necessarily the one that will be proposed for the whole state.)
1. Yellow Tang Zebrasoma flavescens
2. Chevron Tang Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis
3. Goldring Surgeonfish Ctenochaetus strigosus
4. Achilles Tang Acanthurus achilles
5. Tinker’s Butterflyfish Chaetodon tinkeri
6. Clown Tang Naso lituratus
7. Forcepsfish Forcipiger flavissimus
8. Goldrim Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricans
9. Potter’s Angelfish Centropyge potteri
10. Fourspot Butterflyfish Chaetodon quadrimaculatus
11. Yellowtail Coris Coris gaimard
12. Ornate Wrasse Halichoeres ornatissimus
13. Orangeband Surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceus
14. Bird Wrasse Gomphosus varius
15. Eyestripe Surgeonfish Acanthurus dussumieri
16. Multiband Butterflyfish Chaetodon multicinctus
17. Saddle Wrasse Thalassoma duperrey
18. Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus
19. Flame Wrasse Cirrhilabrus jordani
20. Thompson’s Surgeonfish Acanthurus thompsoni
21. Peacock Grouper Cephalopholis argus
22. Bluestripe Snapper Lutjanus kasmira
23. Redbarred Hawkfish Cirrhitops fasciatus
24. Psychedelic Wrasse Anampses chrysocephalus
25. Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby Canthigaster jactator
26. Fisher’s Angelfish Centropyge fisheri
27. Hawaiian Dascyllus Dascyllus albisella
28. Milletseed Butterflyfish Chaetodon miliaris
29. Blacklip Butterflyfish Chaetodon kleinii
30. Pyramid Butterflyfish Hemitaurichthys polylepis
31. Shortnose Wrasse Macropharyngodon geoffroy
32. Black Durgon Melichthys niger
33. Spotted Boxfish Ostracion meleagris
34. Blackside Hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri
35. Hawaiian Longfin Anthias Pseudanthias hawaiiensis
36. Eightstripe Wrasse Pseudocheilinus octotaenia
37. Fourstripe Wrasse Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia
38. Smalltail Wrasse Pseudojuloides cerasinus
39. Lei Triggerfish Sufflamen bursa
40. Gilded Triggerfish Xanthichthys auromarginatus
DAR – Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources
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