Hawkfish anthias

Hawkfish anthias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Anthiinae
Genus: Serranocirrhitus
Species: S. latus
Binomial name
Serranocirrhitus latus
Watanabe, 1949

The hawkfish anthias (Serranocirrhitus latus), also known as the hawk anthias, fathead anthias, or sunburst anthias, is a small, colorful species of marine fish in the subfamily Anthiinae. It is the only member of the genus Serranocirrhitus.[1] Compared to most members of Anthiinae, it is relatively thickset. It reaches 13 cm (5.1 in) in length, and is orange-yellow on the upper part of its body and deep pink on the lower part. It is found at coral reefs at depths of 15–70 m (49–230 ft) in the West Pacific, ranging from Indonesia to southern Japan and Tonga.[2] In the wild, the fish's diet consists mainly of zooplankton.[3]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Serranocirrhitus in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Serranocirrhitus latus" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  3. Lougher, Tristan (2006). What Fish?: A Buyer's Guide to Marine Fish. Interpet Publishing. ISBN 0-7641-3256-3.
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