Brilliant Red Hawkfish
Neocirrhites armatus
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
- Neocirrhites
Where to Find
Found in 9 diving areas across 5 countries and 2 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 21 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 26 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 46 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 8 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 8 records