Species of Thailand
Black-sided hawkfish
Paracirrhites forsteri
Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, 1801
The black-sided hawkfish or freckled hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri, is a species of hawkfish from the Indo-Pacific. It is occasionally found in the aquarium trade and is also of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. It grows to a total length of 22 cm.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Cirrhitidae
- Genus
- Paracirrhites
- Species
- Paracirrhites forsteri
Synonyms
- Paracirrhites typee, John Ernest Randall (1963)
- Grammistes forsteri, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1801)
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map
- Similan Islands
- Surin Islands