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Marine Species: Amblycirrhitus pinos
(Mowbray, 1927)
Taxonomy Structure
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cirrhitidae |
| Genus: | Amblycirrhitus |
| Species: | Amblycirrhitus pinos |
Species Data:
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| Common Name: | Redspotted Hawkfish |
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| Description: | Individuals of this species are dark green with a brown line on the head, brown bands on the body, and a black spot below the soft portion of the dorsal fin. The face, the dorsum and the dorsal fin have orange or red spots. They feed mainly on zooplankton (including copepods and shrimp larvae), but they also ingest small shrimps, isopods, crabs and polychaetes. |
| Habitat: | Coral heads of lagoons, margins of reef plains, and frontal reef slopes in areas rich in corals and sponges. |
| Color: | Dark green. |
| Dimensions: | Up to 9.5 centimeters. |
| Geographical Distribution: | Western Atlantic Eastern Atlantic |
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