Arc-eye hawkfish | |
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Paracirrhites arcatus in Zanzibar (Tanzania) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Centrarchiformes |
Family: | Cirrhitidae |
Genus: | Paracirrhites |
Species: | P. arcatus
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Binomial name | |
Paracirrhites arcatus (G. Cuvier, 1829)
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The arc-eye hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus), the ringeye hawkfish, horseshoe hawkfish or whiteline hawkfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a hawkfish belonging to the family Cirrhitidae. It is found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific on reefs, resting on coral heads much of the time.