Photo: Nhobgood · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 22 cm
- 🌊 reef slopes, corals
The blackside hawkfish waits in ambush on the coral, motionless, before pouncing on its prey. It is brown-orange, with dark spots.
Did you know?
In Tahitian: patuʻi.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Faucon à taches de rousseur.
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