Whitespot hawkfish

Whitespot hawkfish
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cirrhitidae
Genus: Paracirrhites
Species: P. hemistictus
Binomial name
Paracirrhites hemistictus
(Günther, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Cirrhites hemistictus Günther, 1874
  • Cirrhites polystictus Günther, 1874
  • Paracirrhites polystictus (Günther, 1874)


The whitespot hawkfish, Paracirrhites hemistictus, is a species of hawkfish from the Eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, where it can be found on tropical reefs at depths around 1 to 20 m (3.3 to 65.6 ft). This species can grow to 29 cm (11 in) in total length.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Paracirrhites hemistictus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
Wikispecies has information related to: Cirrhitichthys aureus