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Cirrhitidae
blackside hawkfish
Paracirrhites forsteri
Cirrhitid Fish from the Red Sea
- Black
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- West Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Black
Tropical
Africa
Fusiform
Mediumblackside hawkfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 22 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cirrhitidae
- Genus
- Paracirrhites
- Maximum length
- 22 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (Ref. 5469 ) to the Hawaiian, Line, Marquesan and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia and the Austral Islands. Unknown from the Persian and Oman gulfs (Ref. 11441 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
