Malau ugatele | ʻūʻū (Myripristis berndti)

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Jon Apisa. Malau ugatele | ʻūʻū (Myripristis berndti). 2025. watercolor on paper, 4.25" x 2.75" (10.8cm x 6.985cm).

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“Malau ugatele | ʻūʻū” (Myripristis berndti) mini watercolor painting by Jon Apisa.

This was painted with watercolor on paper, 4.25" x 2.75" (10.8cm x 6.98cm).

This is a representation of “Malau ugatele” (Myripristis berndti) or the blotcheye soldierfish.

Myripristis berndti (blotcheye soldierfish) is known as:

• Malau ugatele in Sāmoa
• ʻūʻū in Hawaiʻi
• Malau in Tonga
• ʻiʻihi in Tahiti

Holocentridae (soldierfish, squirrelfish) is:

• ʻalaʻihi in Hawaiʻi
• Malau in Sāmoa
• Malau in Tonga

Myripristis (Holocentridae - soldierfish) is:

• ʻūʻū in Hawaiʻi
• Malau ugatele in Sāmoa
• Malau in Tonga

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Malau ugatele | ʻūʻū (Myripristis berndti) watercolor sketchbook painting by Jon Apisa 01/02/2025

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