Kona fish dive

Great series of native or even endemic Hawai’ian fish in the pond at the Eel’s Garden Grove dive site off Kailua Kona Intl. Airport. We have Surgeonfish (Na’ena’e), Unicorn (Kala), Yellowstripe Goatfish (Weke) and Trumpetfish (Nunu). Can you spot the tiny little Whitespotted Toby (O’opu Hue)?

Orangespine unicorn (Naso lituratus) - Kala in Hawaiian, Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawai'i

Orangespine unicorn (Naso lituratus) – Kala in Hawaiian, Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawai’i

Orange spine surgeon fish (Acanthurus olivaceus), Hawaiian name Na'ena'e, Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawai'i

Orange spine surgeon fish (Acanthurus olivaceus), Hawaiian name Na’ena’e, Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawai’i

Yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus), Weke'a, Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawai'i

Yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus), Weke’a, Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawai’i

Trumpetfish (Nunu), Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawaii

Trumpetfish (Nunu), Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawaii

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