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Hawkfish anthias

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Anthiadinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Serranidae

Scientific name
  
Serranocirrhitus latus

Higher classification
  
Serranocirrhitus

Order
  
Perciformes

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Genus
  
Serranocirrhitus Watanabe, 1949

Similar
  
Anthiadinae, Pseudanthias pleurotaenia, Pseudanthias, Luzonichthys, Serranidae

The hawkfish anthias (Serranocirrhitus latus), also known as the hawk anthias, fathead anthias, or sunburst anthias, is a small, colorful species of marine fish in the subfamily Anthiadinae. It is the only member of the genus Serranocirrhitus. Compared to most members of Anthiinae, it is relatively thickset. It reaches 13 cm (5.1 in) in length, and is orange-yellow on the upper part of its body and deep pink on the lower part. It is found at coral reefs at depths of 15–70 m (49–230 ft) in the West Pacific, ranging from Indonesia to southern Japan and Tonga. In the wild, the fish's diet consists mainly of zooplankton.

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