Hawkfish anthias
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The swallowtail basslet sometimes swims upside down.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Hawkfish anthias
- Scientific name
- Serranocirrhitus latus
- Japanese name
- ハナゴンベ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Serranidae
- Genus
- Serranocirrhitus
Where the name “Hawkfish anthias” comes from
The scientific name latus comes from the Latin word meaning side.
Museums VictoriaIts orange scale pattern and the pink ring-like markings on its head are its trademarks.
It lives from the Izu Islands, the Pacific coasts of Honshu and Shikoku and the Ryukyus to southern Taiwan and the western Pacific.
How the Hawkfish anthias lives
It lives in the shade of overhanging rocks. It is seen alone or in small groups. Females can change sex to become males.
宇久井ビジターセンターMuseums VictoriaBasic data
- Range
- Izu Islands, Ryukyu Islands, southern Taiwan, and western Pacific, and elsewhere
Where the Hawkfish anthias has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ハナゴンベ
- 简体中文
- 宽身花鲈
- 繁體中文
- 寬身花鱸
- Français
- Anthias-faucon
- Deutsch
- Dickkopf-Fahnenbarsch
- Português (Brasil)
- Anthias-falcão
- Italiano
- Anthias disegnato
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Ikan gadis nona
- Русский
- Серраноцирит
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ハナゴンベChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museums Victoria — Fishes of Australia — Swallowtail Basslet, Serranocirrhitus latusChecked: 2026-11-07
- 宇久井ビジターセンター — ハナゴンベChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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