DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ZOOGEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY

BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

VALUE OF FISH RESOURCES

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

DANGEROUS MARINE FISHES

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SPECIES INDEX

CHAMORRO NAMES

CIRRHITIDAE (RAWKFISHES)

Hawkfishes derive their name from their habit of perching hawklike on the outermost branches of corals or other prominences.  They are characterized by possessing a number of filaments at the tip of each dorsal spine and thickened and elongate lower pectoral rays.  All are carnivores, feeding on small benthic crustaceans and fishes.  Two of the 9 species known from Guam attain a length of 20 cm or more and are taken as food, but most are considerably smaller.  They are generally territorial and solitary or paired.

Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier)
Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider)
Cirrhitichthys falco Randall