#freckled hawkfish

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Freckled Hawkfish sitting on the reef.

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(Photo by BarryFackler)

The Freckled Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) also known as Forster's Hawkfish or Blackside Hawkfish, undergoes color changes several times during its lifetime. As a juvenile, it is burgundy with a yellow tail. As an adult, it may be pink, brown, or an olive color. The black or red freckles on the face are constant throughout its lifetime. Hawkfish are strictly tropical, perciform (see this post) marine fish of the family Cirrhitidae. Associated with the coral reefs of the western and eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific,

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