Question: In which ocean will you find a species of sea chub called the "Microcanthus strigatus" which are located east of a string of islands annexed by the United States in 1898?
Context: The Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown in 1893 and the United States annexed the islands in 1898.  The U.S. state of Hawaii now occupies the archipelago almost in its entirety (including the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands), with the sole exception of Midway Island, which instead separately belongs to the United States as one of its unincorporated territories within the United States Minor Outlying Islands. The blue maomao, "Scorpis violacea", is a species of sea chub native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands, where it can be found in inshore waters from the surface to depths of 30 m .  This fish can reach a length of 40 cm .  It is commercially important and is also a popular game fish. The list below contains plants that dwell in or migrate to any region in Europe and any nearby islands of the Atlantic Ocean.  This includes plants that are found in the East Atlantic Ocean (Azores), Iceland, the Adriatic Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Black and Caspian Sea, Corsica, Cyprus, Palearctic, Russia, Eurasia, North African Coast, the Mediterranean Sea and islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, and the islands of Spain (Canary, Balearic).  Twenty-one percent of Europe's vascular plant species (flowering plants, conifers and ferns) are classified as threatened, according to the IUCN.  The list below was compiled from data on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species (IUCN).  The International Union for Conservation of Nature identifies species in need of attention before approaching extinction and works to increase prevention of extinction.  The list below includes vulnerable (VU), endangered (EN), critically endangered (CR), and recently extinct (EX) species. The list below contains threatened mammals that dwell in or migrate to any region in Europe, the East Atlantic Ocean, and any nearby islands of the Atlantic Ocean.  This includes mammals that are found in the East Atlantic Ocean (Azores), Iceland, the Adriatic Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Black and Caspian Sea, Corsica, Cyprus, Palearctic, Russia, Eurasia, North African Coast, the Mediterranean Sea and islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, and the islands of Spain (Canary, Balearic).  The list below was compiled from data on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species (IUCN).  The International Union for Conservation of Nature identifies species in need of attention before approaching extinction and works to increase prevention of extinction.  The list below includes vulnerable (VU), endangered (EN), critically endangered (CR), and recently extinct (EX) species. Trinket Island (sometimes spelled Trinkat or Trinkut) is one of the 24 islands that make up the Nicobar Islands chain, located in the northeast Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.  It is located east of Kamorta island. The Ceram Sea or Seram Sea (Indonesian: "Laut Seram" ) is one of several small seas between the scattered islands of Indonesia.  It is a section of the Pacific Ocean with an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometers located between Buru and Seram, which are two of the islands once called the South Moluccas.  These islands are the native habitat of plants long coveted for their use as spices, such as nutmeg, cloves, and black peppercorns, and the seas surrounding them were busy shipping routes.  The Ceram Sea is also the habitat of several species of tropical goby and many other fish.  Like many other small Indonesian seas, the Ceram Sea is rocky and very tectonically active. The grey knifefish, "Bathystethus cultratus", is a species of sea chub native to the Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands.  This species is a plankton eater which swims constantly within a few meters of the surface of the ocean.  This species can reach a length of 30 cm . Tropical Storm Claudette caused significant flooding in eastern Texas and western Louisiana in July 1979.  The third named storm of the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season, Claudette developed from a tropical wave located east of the Windward Islands on July 16.  It gradually strengthened and was upgraded to a tropical storm on July 17 and crossed the northern Leeward Islands later that day.  As it neared landfall in Puerto Rico early on July 18, upper-level winds weakened it back to a tropical depression.  Claudette remained disorganized and the National Hurricane Center operationally reported that it degenerated back into a tropical wave after crossing Puerto Rico.  Late on July 18, the depression struck Dominican Republic, emerged into the Caribbean Sea on the following day.  Claudette struck western Cuba on July 21, shortly before reaching the Gulf of Mexico and "regenerating" into a tropical cyclone.  By July 23, Claudette regained tropical storm intensity and turned northward toward the Gulf Coast of the United States.  The storm made landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border late on July 23 as a moderately strong tropical storm.  It weakened slowly and drifted over land, lasting until dissipation in West Virginia on July 29. The stripey, "Microcanthus strigatus", is a species of sea chub native to the Pacific Ocean from Japan and China to Australia and east to the Hawaiian Islands.  It can be found on reefs along the coast and in lagoons at depths from 1 to .  This species grows to 16 cm in length.  It can also be found in the aquarium trade.  This species is the only known member of its genus. A Dry Forest are defined as a community of trees of different species that coexist in the same environment.  These trees can grow nearby forming a canopy above.  Dry forests lack an abundance of moisture, yet, there is an adequate amount of moisture to sustain the growth of the forest.  Although dry forest tends to grow at an intermediate height compared to moist forest.  Dry forest receives 850-1100mm of precipitation per year.  High quantities of sea salt from the ocean decreases the height of the trees.  Dry forest also consisted of layers of canopies, specifically two canopy layers that commonly found at an elevation below 300 meters.  There is limited dead dry wood for termites to consume, this correlates with low density of termites in dry forests.  The characteristics and development of Virgin Islands Dry Forest are contributed by a unique wind pattern that is usually strong.  Dry Forest usually thrive in environments that have plenty sunshine, steep slopes, on soil that are challenged by thin rocky layers that poorly absorbs water.  Within the three islands in the United States Virgin Islands, St. John has maintained a higher percentage of dry forest cover competing with St. Thomas at 43.1%; St. Croix has limited dry forest cover (9.22%).  St. John and St. Thomas topography has significant steep hills and slopes compared to St. Croix.  St. John is the most protected of the three islands, and as such it has the largest extensive tropical dry forests in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  The island contains 650 native plants, 5,000 or more terrestrial insects, over 180 species of birds, of which 90% are native, and six native mammal bat species.  One of the most common trees in the “native dry forest garden” is the amarat.  They are acacias, (casha bush) but do not have thorns likes most other varieties.
Answer: Pacific