The Maui batfish – A remembrance

Pauline FieneDiving on Maui, Marine Life 11 Comments

July 8, 2025: “Hey, give us a couple minutes,” the free diving instructor called over from his yellow kayak. “We just shot the fish you guys like.” And by “like” he didn’t mean the-kind-of-fish-you-like-to-eat. He was referring to a particular individual fish – a longfin batfish – that the Maui dive community had ‘liked’ for over two decades. We knew …