Hawaiian monk seal  (Monachus schauinslandi)

The main reproductive and foraging sites are on and around the largely uninhabited and remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of French Frigate Shoals, Laysan Island, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Midway Atoll and Kure Atoll. Monk seals also breed in lower numbers at Necker and Nihoa Islands in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and in the main Hawaiian Islands,, and have also been seen at a few sites outside of the Hawaiian Archipelago (6) (8).

Found on the coral atolls and rocky islands of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, in tropical waters (2).