Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cirrhitidae > Paracirrhites > Paracirrhites forsteri

Paracirrhites forsteri (blacksided hawkfish; Freckled hawkfish; Forster's hawkfish; Forster's hawk; Blackside hawkfish)

Synonyms: Grammistes forsteri; Paracirrhites fosteri; Paracirrhites typee
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Wikipedia Abstract

The black-sided hawkfish, freckled hawkfish or Forster's hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), is a species of hawkfish from the Indo-Pacific. It is occasionally found in the aquarium trade and is also of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. It grows to a total length of 22 cm (9 in).
View Wikipedia Record: Paracirrhites forsteri

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Prey / Diet

Chromis viridis (Green puller)[1]
Thalassoma duperrey (Saddle-back wrasse)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0