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Kauai Marine Life & Wildlife Guide

Wildlife · Destination Guide

Kauai

Lava caverns, summer runs to Niihau, and year-round reef life on the Garden Isle

Updated Oct 30, 2025 • 20 sources

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Wildlife In Kauai

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Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

9 linked spots

gray snake photography

rays

Moray Eel

7 linked spots

Photo of Whitetip Reef Shark

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

5 linked spots

Photo of Surgeonfish

saltwater-fishes

Surgeonfish

Acanthuridae

4 linked spots

crab on rock

Crab

3 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

3 linked spots

Photo of Octopus

Octopus

3 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water

saltwater-fishes

Barracuda

2 linked spots

a close up of a sea anemone on the ocean floor

saltwater-fishes

Frogfish

2 linked spots

Photo of Snapper

saltwater-fishes

Snapper

2 linked spots

a blue and white fish in an aquarium

saltwater-fishes

Triggerfish

2 linked spots

Photo of Wrasse

saltwater-fishes

Wrasse

2 linked spots

a yellow and black spotted fish in an aquarium

saltwater-fishes

Boxfish

Ostraciidae (family)

1 linked spots

A fish that is sitting in the sand

saltwater-fishes

Butterfly Fish

1 linked spots

Great white shark at Isla Guadalupe, Mexico, August 2006. Shot with Nikon D70s in Ikelite housing, in natural light. Animal estimated at 11-12 feet (3.3 to 3.6 m) in length, age unknown.

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias

1 linked spots

Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) Image ID: corl0207, NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection Location: Pacific Remote Islands, Kingman Reef Photo Date: 2015 Photographer: Kevin Lino NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC/ESD

Grey Reef Shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

1 linked spots

Photo of Guitarfish

Guitarfish

1 linked spots

Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) near Gilli Banta Island (near Komodo, Indonesia)

saltwater-fishes

Lionfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Panther Moray Eel (Dragon Eel)

Panther Moray Eel (Dragon Eel)

Enchelycore pardalis

1 linked spots

Photo of Pufferfish

saltwater-fishes

Pufferfish

Tetraodontidae

1 linked spots

Photo of Shrimp

Shrimp

1 linked spots

Photo of Tuna

saltwater-fishes

Tuna

1 linked spots