Scientific Name: Cirrhitus pinnulatus
Family: Hawkfishes - Cirrhitidae
Maximum Size: 28cm
Identification: Blotchy brown with white spots on body. One of the larger hawkfishes.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Seaward reefs in wave-affected areas to 3m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Rapa and Marquesas Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.
Marbled Hawkfish
False Scorpionfish
Scientific Name: Centrogenys vaigiensis
Family: False Scorpionfishes - Centrogeniidae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Identification: Mottled brown with numerous dark blotches; dark bands on fins except dorsal which has spots and long spines, also variation with nearly solid orange body and white fins. Resembles a scorpionfish, possibly to discourage predators.
Favourite: Solitary or groups.
Hide-out: Estuaries and silty coastal reefs in 2-10m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - India to N.W. Australia, north to S.W. Japan.
Squaretail Coral Grouper
Scientific Name: Plectropomus areolatus
Family: Groupers - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 80cm
Identification: Whitish to pale gray with numerous small dark-edged blue spots on head, body and fins; frequently with 4-5 dark blotches forming saddles on back.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and outer reefs in 2-20m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea to Samoa and Phoenix Is. S.W. Japan to Australia.
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