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Hawkfish
Hawkfish are strictly tropical, perciform marine fish of the family Cirrhitidae. Associated with the coral reefs of the western and eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, the hawkfish family contains 12 genera and 32 species.
arc eye hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus)
barred rabbitfish (Siganus doliatus)
bicolor rabbitfish (Siganus uspi)
bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)
circular spadefish (Platax orbicularis)
clown sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides) ...
A Blotched Hawkfish at Port Hacking
A Blotched Hawkfish at Port Stephens
A Blotched Sand Goby at North Solitary Island
A Blue Angelfish at Espiritu Santo
A Blue Angelfish at North-West Island
A Blue Damsel at Fly Point ...
Amblycirrhitus bimacula, Twospot Hawkfish
Amblyeleotris steinitzi, Steinitz' Prawn-goby
Amblyeleotris wheeleri, Gorgeous Prawn-goby
Amblyeleotris japonica, Japanese Shrimpgoby
Amblyeleotris guttata, Spotted Prawn-goby ...
Many species of reef fish, like hawkfish, spawn in pairs or groups all year long-usually at night. Other species, like the Milkfish, mate in conjunction with lunar cycles, spawning only during new or full moons.
Fish, Herring, Indigo Hamlet (Hypoplectrus indigo), Japanese Tang (Naso literatus), Jawfish (Opistognathus auritrons), Koran Angelfish (Pomacanthodes semiciculatus), Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus), Lionfish, Long Nosed Butterflyfish, Longnose Hawkfish, ...
The marine iguana's natural predators include hawks, snakes, short-eared owls, hawkfish and crabs and also faces threats from introduced predators such as cats, dogs, and rats (Roy 2000).
Classification: ...
Some fish, though, such as Hawkfish, Lionfish, and some predatory shrimp and crabs may eat the Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp.
spinycheeks, croakers, drums, threadfins, goatfishes, sweepers, beachsalmon, bathyclupeids, archerfishes, galjoens, sea chubs, jutjaws, sicklefishes, moonies, butterflyfishes, angelfishes, oldwives, armorheads, leaffishes, knifejaws, hawkfishes, ...
 See also: Parrotfish, Parrot, Coral, Wrasse, Snapper
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