Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesian Reefs

Flame Hawkfish
Neocirrhites armatus
Flame Hawkfish
Category: Hawkfishes
Scientific Name: Neocirrhites armatus
Size: Up to 3.5 in. (9 cm)  
Depth: 3-30 ft. (1-10 m)
Distribution: Great Barrier Reef, Line Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Centrarchiformes (Order)
     └Cirrhitidae (Family) Hawkfishes
      └Neocirrhites (Genus)
       └N. armatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 281678🔗
iNaturalist ID: 194622🔗

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