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Twospot hawkfish
Amblycirrhitus bimacula
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Twospot hawkfish
- Scientific
- Amblycirrhitus bimacula
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Cirrhitidae (hawkfishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8.5 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 20 m (usually 2 to 15 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A small hawkfish with irregular dark bars, two narrow bars on the cheek and black eyespots on the gill cover and soft dorsal fin, reaching about 8.5 cm. It hides in crevices on surge-exposed outer reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Amblycirrhitus-bimacula.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Amblycirrhitus_bimacula_GJ.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.