Blackside HawkfishParacirrhites forsteri

Facts

22.0 cm

Forster"s Hawk, Forster"s Hawkfish, Freckled Hawkfish

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (Ref. 5469) to the Hawaiian, Line, Marquesan and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia and the Austral Islands. Unknown from the Persian and Oman gulfs (Ref. 11441).

saltwater

Paracirrhites

Cirrhitidae

Perciformes

Actinopterygii

Chordata

Animalia

source: FishBase

Description

Paracirrhites forsteri, commonly called black-sided hawkfish, is a Hawkfish from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 22cm in length.
source: Wikipedia

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