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Title: Arc-Eye Hawkfish, Fiji
Filename: FJ26_am-13892.jpg
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An arc-eye hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus) perches on a bleached coral (Acropora sp.) on a coral reef. Photo taken in during early 2026 coral bleaching event in Fiji, that was widespread but without high levels of mortality. Gau Island, Viti Levu, Fiji, Polynesia. Nigali Passage, Tropical South Pacific Ocean.
- Acropora sp.
- arc-eye hawkfish: Paracirrhites
- bleached coral
- Bligh Waters
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Fiji
- Fishes
- Gau Island
- Hawkfishes: Cirrhitidae
- Marine Life
- Nigali Passage
- Pacifc Ocean
- Polynesia
- Viti Levu
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