Individuals of the day octopus (Octopus cyanea) sometimes team up with various fish species such as the blue goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) to engage in collective hunting.
The most common species of octopus in Hawaii and around Maui is the day octopus, or Octopus cyanea. There is one housed at the ocean center. Nagata noted that there are five other species that are ...