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title: "Arc-eye Hawkfish"
description: "Paracirrhites arcatus — Peixes. The arc-eye hawkfish, ringeye hawkfish, horseshoe hawkfish, or whiteline hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus), is a species of marine fish in the family Cirrhitidae (hawkfishes)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/arc-eye-hawkfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Arc-eye Hawkfish

> Paracirrhites arcatus — Peixes. The arc-eye hawkfish, ringeye hawkfish, horseshoe hawkfish, or whiteline hawkfish  (Paracirrhites arcatus), is a species of marine fish in the family Cirrhitidae (hawkfishes).

- Scientific name: *Paracirrhites arcatus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2458
- Wikidata: [Q1043574](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1043574)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47578](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47578)

## Names

- en: Arc-eye Hawkfish
- de: Monokel-Korallenwächter
- es: Halcón de ojo de arco
- fr: Poisson-faucon à arcade
- nl: Rode koraalklimmer

## Countries with the most observations

US (758), FJ (162), PF (159), ID (129), AU (92), CX (65), MV (64), GU (60), JP (57), RE (54), PW (40), NC (35)

## Summary

The arc-eye hawkfish, ringeye hawkfish, horseshoe hawkfish, or whiteline hawkfish  (Paracirrhites arcatus), is a species of marine fish in the family Cirrhitidae (hawkfishes). It is found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific on reefs, resting on coral heads much of the time.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc-eye_hawkfish

## Photo

![Arc-eye Hawkfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/arc-eye-hawkfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1487069

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/arc-eye-hawkfish?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).