Aquatic Biota Listing for Kawai Nui Marsh at Nā Pōhaku o Hauwahine As wetland/open water pond restoration proceeds, utilization of new and altered habitats by aquatic organisms occurs. Following is a listing of species observed by Steve Montgomery, Eric Guinther, Ron Englund, and others at this particular location in Kawai Nui as of May 2000. A listing of the dominant plants that occur here naturally, along with those brought in to encourage habitat diversity, is presented elsewhere: [see plants]. Also, a picture listing of terrestrial animals is being developed: [terrestrial fauna].

	Taxa | Scientific name |	Common name / Description	|   Status |
	MOLLUSCA
	Pulmonata, Physidae
	Physa virgata	pond snail	nat
	Gastropoda, Pilidae
	Pomacea canaliculata	apple snail	nat
	CRUSTACEA
	Cladophora
	indet.
	Ostracoda
	indet.
	INSECTA
	Hemiptera, Notonectidae	backswimmers
	Buenoa pallipes		nat
	Odonata, Coenagrionidae	damselflies
	Ischnura posita	damselfly	nat
	Ischnura ramburi	blue-spot (males) damselfly	nat
	Odonata, Aeshnidae	dragonflies
	Anax junius	green darner	ind
	Odonata, Libellulidae	dragonflies
	Crocothemis servilia	Asian dragonfly / bright red (males)	nat
	Orthemis ferruginea	lavender (males)	nat
	Pantala flavescens	globe skimmer / brown-orange dragonfly	ind
	Hemiptera, Mesoveliidae
	Mesovelia sp.	water treader
	Diptera, Chironomidae	midge flies
	indet.	green midge
	Diptera, Ephydridae	marsh flies
	indet.	large marsh fly
	VERTEBRATA, PISCES	fishes
	Osteichthyes, Clariidae
	Clarius fuscus	Chinese catfish *	nat
	Osteichthyes, Poeciliidae
	Gambusia affinis	mosquitofish *	nat
	Osteichthyes, Synbranchidae
	Monopterus albus	rice-paddy eel	nat
	VERTEBRATA, AMPHIBIA	frogs and toads
	Bufonidae
	Bufo marinus	giant toad	nat

* These species of fishes first entered the restored ponds from elsewhere in the marsh during high water level (flooding) in February 2002. Prior to that time, for nearly four years, an occasional rice-paddy eel was the only fish ever observed in the ponds.
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