Fish
This diverse group includes bony fish, sharks, and rays that live within a variety of habitats including seagrass beds, coral or rocky reefs, sandy bottoms and the open ocean. Hawaiian waters are home to hundreds of unique and endemic coral reef fish species, one quarter which are found nowhere else in the world. The reefs, atolls, and deep-water banks and seamounts provide critical habitat for many ecologically and commercially important fish species, which play an important role in the ecosystem and the economy.