What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Arceye Hawkfish been recorded?

Paracirrhites arcatus occurrence evidence comes from 14,377 records in 32 countries and territories, from 1889 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Arceye Hawkfish
Arceye Hawkfish — Photo (display-sized rendition): Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesCirrhitidaeParacirrhites

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

14,377 records across 32 countries and territories, 1889–2026.

Paracirrhites arcatus · GBIF taxon key 5208726

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18892026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Arceye Hawkfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Arceye Hawkfish. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 5,867
American Samoa 2,635
Northern Mariana Islands 2,382
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1,999
Guam 984
French Polynesia 75
Micronesia 66
Seychelles 62
Fiji 54
Palau 50
Marshall Islands 24
Solomon Islands 18
Australia 16
Philippines 16
Tonga 15
ZZ 14
Mauritius 13
Papua New Guinea 12
Vanuatu 12
British Indian Ocean Territory 9
New Caledonia 9
Indonesia 8
Comoros 8
Wallis & Futuna 8
Maldives 5
Cook Islands 3
Mozambique 3
Réunion 3
Mayotte 3
Japan 2
Kiribati 1
Tanzania 1

Related animals

Others in the family Cirrhitidae.

Forster's Hawkfish
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5,232 records
Flame hawkfish
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1,018 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.