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.

Pacific Longnose Parrotfish

Scientific Name: Hipposcarus longiceps
Family: Parrotfishes - Scaridae
Maximum Size: 60cm
Identification: Initial Phase - Long snout; pale yellowish gray with pale vertical streaks on scales, yellow tail base; short tail lobes. Terminal Phase - Similar, but lack yellow tail base.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reefs on sand bottoms near reefs in 2-40m.
Location: Pacific - Indonesia to Line Is. and Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.

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.