Hawaii (USA)
General data
- Continent: Australia & Oceania
- Climates: Tropical
Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. It is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state in the tropics. It also hosts 10 out of 14 climates - the highest for any country subdivision - and is one of two U.S. states with a tropical climate. Hawaii consists of 137 volcanic islands that comprise almost the entire Hawaiian archipelago (the exception, which is outside the state, is Midway Atoll). Spanning 1,500 miles (2,400 km), the state is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania.
Oceans
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Perciformes - Perches
Carangiformes - Jacks
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Zeiformes - Dories
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gadiformes - Cods
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Atheriniformes - Silversides
