Cirrhitus pinnulatus
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Hawaiian Name: Po'opa'a
Common Name:
Stocky Hawkfish
Distribution: Throughout the Indo-Pacific

Remarks: Largest of the hawkfishes, this species is reported to attain a length of one foot. It is relatively abundant on shallow coral reefs.

Photo © 1997 by Richard L. Pyle
This page last revised 12 June 1997