Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Centrarchiformes (Order)
      └Cirrhitidae (Family)
       └Neocirrhites (Genus)
        └N. armatus (Species)

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