Freckled Hawkfish

Scientific Name: Paracirrhites forsteri
Family: Hawkfishes - Cirrhitidae
Maximum Size: 22cm
Identification: Colors quite variable, most commonly shades of brown; numerous small spots 'freckles' on head and forebody, brown striped area toward rear of body.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Perch on corals in coastal, lagoon and seaward reefs in 1-35m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Marquesas Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.