Cirrhitidae

blackside hawkfish

Paracirrhites forsteri

Cirrhitid Fish from the Red Sea

• Black
• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• East Asia
• Oceania
• West Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

blackside hawkfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 22 cm.