Scientific Name: Paracirrhites arcatus
Family: Hawkfishes - Cirrhitidae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: Shades of brown; arc-shaped marking of orange, red and blue lines behind eye, 3 orange dashes on lower edge of gill cover, broad white stripe on side to tail.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Perch on coral heads of coastal, lagoon and seaward reefs in 1-35m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Hawaii and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.
Arc-Eye Hawkfish
Stareye Parrotfish
Scientific Name: Calotomus carolinus
Family: Parrotfishes - Scaridae
Maximum Size: 50cm
Identification: Blue-green with orange-pink bands radiating from eye.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reefs on coral, rubble, weed and seagrass bottoms in 2-30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Pitcaim Is. east of French Polynesia and Mexico. S. Japan to Australia.
Lyretail Hawkfish
Scientific Name: Cyprinocirrhites polyactis
Family: Hawkfishes - Cirrhitidae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Identification: Orange-brown with faint brown freckling; forked tail.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Unlike other hawkfishes, which feed on the bottom, hover in mid-water feeding on plankton over steep slopes and coral outcroppings in 10-132m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - E. Africa to Australia, north to S.W. Japan.
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