Arc-eye Hawkfish
Paracirrhites arcatus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,753
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The arc-eye hawkfish, ringeye hawkfish, horseshoe hawkfish, or whiteline hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus), is a species of marine fish in the family Cirrhitidae (hawkfishes). It is found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific on reefs, resting on coral heads much of the time.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Arc-eye hawkfish”.