Blackside Hawkfish
Paracirrhites forsteri
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,738
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The black-side hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), freckled hawkfish or Forster's hawkfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a hawkfish belonging to the family Cirrhitidae. It is from the Indo-Pacific. It is occasionally found in the aquarium trade and is also of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Blackside hawkfish”.