Yellow Hawkfish

Scientific Name: Paracirrhites xanthus
Family: Hawkfishes - Cirrhitidae
Maximum Size: 11cm
Identification: Yellow; short diagonal black line behind eye.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Perch among branches of Pocillopora coral on exposed outer reefs in 3-25m.
Location: Central Pacific - Phoenix Is. and Tuamotu and Society Is. in French Polynesia.

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