Halfspotted Hawkfish

Scientific Name: Paracirrhites hemistictus
Family: Hawkfishes - Cirrhitidae
Maximum Size: 28cm
Identification: Pale Variation - Brown to yellowish brown or gray on head and body; white mid-lateral stripe with yellow below, numerous dark spots on upper body.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Perch in corals on clear, exposed seaward reefs in 1-18m.
Location: East Indo-Pacific - Cocos-Keeling I. to Marquesas Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.