Who is this guy?
The Hawaiian name for the convict tang
What is manini?
What are fishing limits?
A species that exists only in one area or region in the world.
What is an endemic species?
These are fishes that eat coral.
What are corallivores?
They live underwater, use gills to breathe, depend on other species to survive, and use fins to move.
What are fish?
The Hawaiian name for the invasive peacock grouper
What is roi?
To protect the reef, many scientists say we need to keep an eye on what's happening with populations, reproduction, and diversity.
What is monitoring?
A species that belongs in many regions around the world and is considered "native" where it is found.
What is an indigenous species?
These are fishes that eat algae and marine plants.
What is an herbivore?
Fish use this organ to breathe.
What are gills?
The Hawaiian state fish
What is humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa?
When new species are added to an environment where they are not normally found
What is introducing new species?
A species that has been brought to a new habitat or region, usually by humans (sometimes on purpose).
What is an introduced species?
Theses are fish that hunt and eat other fish and animals like crabs and shrimps.
What are carnivorous fish?
Fish have these to help them move through the water. The size and shape of them depends on their lifestyle.
What are fins?
This fish is common on Hawaiian reefs and is known by it's unique facial features.
What is the kala or unicornfish?
There are many ways to do this, including limiting pollution, limiting our use of chemicals on land, keeping our streams and storm drains free of debris, and limiting our harvests to prevent overfishing.
What is keeping the reef healthy?
A species that has been introduced to a region or habitat and causes harm or creates imbalance in the ecosystem. An example on Hawaiian reefs is the roi.
What is an invasive species?
This is the biggest shark in the world and sometimes is seen off of Hawaiian shores.
What is the whale shark?
Another name for the underwater environment that fishes call home.
What is a habitat? (ecosystem also acceptable)
This common blue stripe snapper forms large schools and is common on Hawaiian reefs.
What is taʻape?
There are community projects on Oʻahu that focus on keeping our bays healthy by hosting huli days for the community to help clear out limu that causes harm.
What is removing invasive algae?
We use this term interchangeably for indigenous and endemic species.
What is a native species?
There are a few species of this apex predator found in Hawaiian reefs. When it's spotted, people usually want to head for the shore.
What is a shark?
This is the environment near shore where coral colonies are most likely to be found sheltering lots of species of fish and other marine organisms like limu, eels, octopuses, and shrimps and crabs.
What is a (coral) reef?