Sealife guideThe redspotted hawkfishAmblycirrhitus pinos
Last updated on 06/10/2024 at 11:44 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Redspotted hawkfish
French namesPoisson faucon à taches rougesGrimpeur des Caraïbes
Scientific nameAmblycirrhitus pinos (Mowbray, 1927)
FamilyCirrhitidae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii
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 hawkfishParacirrhites arcatus

Blackside hawkfishParacirrhites forsteri

Dwarf hawkfishCirrhitichthys falco

Giant hawkfishCirrhitus rivulatus

Longnose hawkfishOxycirrhites typus

Pixy hawkfishCirrhitichthys oxycephalus
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