Characterization and assesment of two types of critical habitat for eteline snappers in the main Hawaiian Islands


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Figure 1: 3D image of the seafloor off Ewa Beach showing the Pisces V tracking data from dives 360, 362, and 363.

Figure 2: An onaga (Etelis coruscans) at one of the bait stations.

Figure 3: A conger eel (Conger oligoporous), moray eel (Gymnothorax nuttingi), and a grouper (Epinephelus quernus) attracted to a bait station.

Figure 4: Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) at a bait station.

Figure 5: Black coral tree (Antipathes sp.) provides a home for a pair of deepwater eels (Media abysallis).

Figure 6: A decorator crab (Paromala sp.) carrying a piece of coral with his hind legs for defense.

Author: Christopher Kelley