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Freckled Hawkfish
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Freckled Hawkfish

Paracirrhites forsteri

The black-sided hawkfish, freckled hawkfish or Forster's 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 (9 in).

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67658.