Giant hawkfish

The Giant hawkfish has a unique body design mostly deep and compressed, with a mainly olive skin tone sporting golden stripes or bars.

The Giant hawkfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 5 - 23 m environment.

Giant Hawkfish, Cirrhitus rivulatus is a subspecies of hawkfish. It is a marine fish and remains the largest of the Hawkfish family, scoring in a maximum size of 60 cm (22 in). More

species, the giant hawkfish (Cirrhitus rivulatus) attains a length of 60 centimetres and a weight of 4 kilograms. A commercial fishery exists for the larger species as they are considered excellent food fishes. More

Although the Giant hawkfish is by far the largest in the hawkfish family, it is still a relatively small fish in the scheme of things with an average one being only a pound or two, a large one being 4 or 5 pounds. More

The giant hawkfish is a large (to 20 inches, 520mm), green and brown mottled fish that is usually found in water that is shallower than 20 feet. More

Common names

Carabali in Quechua (Runa Simi)
Carabalí in Spanish (español)
Carabali['] in English
Chino in sp
Chino mero in Spanish (español)
Épervier géant in French (français)
Giant hawkfish in English
halcón in sp
Halcón mero in Spanish (español)
Hawkfish in English
Mero chino in Spanish (español)
Stor falkefisk in Danish (dansk)
沟 in Mandarin Chinese
溝 in Mandarin Chinese

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