Twinspot Hawkfish, Amblycirrhitus bimacula (Jenkins 1903)


Other Names: Twospot Hawkfish

A Twinspot Hawkfish, Amblycirrhitus bimacula, in Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Source: Dennis Polack / FishWise Professional. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:
A secretive and rarely seen hawkfish with wavy reddish-brown bars on the sides, a large pale edged black spot on the gill cover, and another at the rear of the dorsal-fin base.

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Twinspot Hawkfish, Amblycirrhitus bimacula (Jenkins 1903)

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Distribution

Ningaloo Reef to Rosily Island, WA, and the northern Great Barrier Reef to Moreton Bay, QLD; also Boot Reef and Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, and Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
A secretive species that usually shelters in crevices and amongst coral, often on seaward reefs exposed to moderate surge or currents.

Species Citation

Cirrhitoidea bimacula Jenkins 1903, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. 22: 459. Type locality: Honolulu.

Twinspot Hawkfish, Amblycirrhitus bimacula (Jenkins 1903)

References


Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp.

Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21.

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.

Greenfield, D. & Williams, I. 2016. Amblycirrhitus bimacula. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T67996575A68001641. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67996575A68001641.en. Downloaded on 04 September 2016.

Jenkins, O.P. 1903. Report on collections of fishes made in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 22: 417-511 figs 1-50 pls 1-4

Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)

Kuiter, R.H. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 2. Fusiliers - Dragonets, Caesionidae - Callionymidae. Australia : Zoonetics pp. 304-622.

Randall, J.E. 1963. Review of the hawkfishes (family Cirrhitidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 114(3472): 389-451 figs 1-16

Randall, J.E. 2001. Cirrhitidae, Cheilodactylidae. pp. 3321-3330 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37374002

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:2-20 m

Fishing:Aquarium fish

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:8.5 cm TL

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