Twinspot Hawkfish
Amblycirrhitus bimacula
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Cirrhitidae
- Genus
- Amblycirrhitus
Where to Find
Found in 32 diving areas across 23 countries and 5 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 45 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 19 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 4 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 11 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 16 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 7 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 27 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 15 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 18 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 3 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 14 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 11 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 4 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 22 records