WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Giant Hawkfish

Cirrhitus rivulatus

Also known as: Blue Jacket Hawkfish, Clown Hawkfish, Hieroglyphic Hawkfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Adult
@twepner · MY Jemaya, Colombia · June 20121 / 11
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Overview

Found singly, perched very still and blending in with their surrounds, on coral and rock ledges, over shallow waters of coral and rocky reefs.

This is the largest of Hawkfish!

Hawkfish can be found perched as if 'standing on their fins' in the branches or on top of corals and rocks waiting for their prey. If approached by predators they quickly dart away to hide.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Central Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 10
LIVES IN

Found singly, perched very still and blending in with their surrounds, on coral and rock ledges, over shallow waters of coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 11

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyCirrhitidae
    6. genusCirrhitus
    7. speciesCirrhitus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1846

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    More in the family

    Hawkfishes (Cirrhitidae)