Freckled hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) a reef fish that feeds on small fish and shrimps, Matangi Island, Vanua Levu, Fiji, Pacific

Blackside Hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri, Giftun Island, Red Sea, Egypt

A Blackside Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) swims over the red tentacles of a sea fan in the warm clear waters off the coast of Likuri Island, Fiji.

Freakled hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) sits on some Acropora coral on a Fijian reef.

Freckled hawkfish, Red Sea, Egypt.

Freckled hawkfish, Red Sea, Egypt.

An adult freckled hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), off Bangka Island, near Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

An adult freckled hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), off Bangka Island, near Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

An adult freckled hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), off Bangka Island, near Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Freckled (blackside) hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) on cat's paw coral (Acropora palifera), Namu atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Black-seded hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), profile of head with red spots, Mabul, Borneo, Malaysia

Blackside (freckled) hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Black-seded hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), profile of head with red spots, Mabul, Borneo, Malaysia

Black-seded hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), profile of head with red spots, Rangiroa, French Polynesia

Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri). Borneo, Malaysia (RR)

ForsterÌs Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri). Red Sea.

Typical of this family the Blackside hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) has thick spines in it's pectoral fins to aid staying in place on it's coral perch, Hawaii, United States of America

Typical of this family, the Blackside Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) has thick spines in it's pectoral fins to aid staying in place on it's coral perch, Hawaii, United States of America

Australia, Blackside Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) close-up in coral