Sealife guideThe redspotted hawkfishAmblycirrhitus pinos

Last updated on 06/10/2024 at 11:44 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Redspotted hawkfish
French name: Poisson faucon à taches rouges, grimpeur des Caraïbes
Scientific name: Amblycirrhitus pinos (Mowbray, 1927)
Family name: Cirrhitidae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The redspotted hawkfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The redspotted hawkfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2015 within the category Least Concern !

The redspotted hawkfish (Amblycirrhitus pinos) © Kelpfish | Dreamstime.com

Within the same family

Arc-eye hawkfish
(Paracirrhites arcatus)

Blackside hawkfish
(Paracirrhites forsteri)

Dwarf hawkfish
(Cirrhitichthys falco)

Giant hawkfish
(Cirrhitus rivulatus)

Longnose hawkfish
(Oxycirrhites typus)

Pixy hawkfish
(Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus)

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(Apogon maculatus)

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(Pomacanthus arcuatus)

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(Bodianus dictynna)

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(Synodus intermedius)

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(Echeneis naucrates)

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