Arc-eye hawkfish

Monocle - hawkfish ( Paracirrhites arcatus )

The monocle - eye hawkfish or bow Hawkfish ( Paracirrhites arcatus ) is a tropical fish of the family of the hawkfish ( Cirrhitidae ) and thus belongs to the order of Perciformes ( Perciformes ).

Features

You can always recognize the typical, two-color arc behind the eye monocle - hawkfish. Usually he also has a white stripe at the top of the rear half of the body. His color is reddish brown, olive or white. The fish are 14 to 20 cm long.

Occurrence

Monocle - hawkfish in the tropical Indo-Pacific come from East Africa to Japan, Hawaii and New Caledonia before.

Way of life

Monocle - Korallenwächter dwell on their thickened pectoral fin rays on the outer ends of stony corals of the genera Acropora, Pocillopora and Stylopora, where they wait for their fill of small fish and crustaceans prey.