Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829)

Ringeye Hawkfish

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:758700fa-e27c-45da-a84a-d22895fa2f45

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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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  • representative image of taxa
    Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
    Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
    Rights: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum

Description

The Ringeye Hawkfish has a horseshoe-shaped mark behind the eye that consists of three thin lines. There are three orange bands on a light blue area on the operculum. A white to pink stripe is often present along the lateral line on the rear of the fish. Each dorsal fin spine is tipped with a cirrus.... source: Australian Museum Factsheets

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Species Lists

RLS profile v3
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, East Africa to the Hawaiian, Line and Mangaréva islands and Japan to Australia and Rapa.
Threats: No major threats to this species are known
IUCN_Threat_status: Not assessed
Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade
Frequency: 0.490
Max_size: 200 mm
Diet: Plankton, Invertebrates, Fishes
Common_Name: Ring-eyed hawkfish;Ringeye Hawkfish
Depth: (0–12 m)
Range: 1482.449
Invasive: Not known to be invasive
Abundance: 1.166

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Paracirrhites arcatus

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Cirrhites arcatus Cuvier, 1829
Published in: Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Paris : Levrault Vol. 3 pp. 500 pp., pls 41-71

Common Names

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Ringeye Hawkfish
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Arc-eye Hawkfish
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Arc-eyed Hawkfish
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Ring-eyed Hawkfish
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Ringeyed Hawkfish
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Arc Eye
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Arc Eyed Hawkfish
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Horseshoe Hawkfish
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Ring-eye Hawkfish
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Striped Hand-fish
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Whiteline Hawkfish
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
PERCOIDEI
family
CIRRHITIDAE
genus
Paracirrhites
species
Paracirrhites arcatus  Recorded in Australia

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