Alex Mustard / Forster's hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) on a coral reef. Jackson Reef, Tiran, Sinai, Egypt. Strait of Tiran, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt.

Jeff Rotman / Close-up of skin of a Hieroglyphic hawkfish (Cirrhitus rivulatus). Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Arc-eye hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus) often found perched on corals like Acropora, Stylophora, and Pocillopora, Xiaoliuqiu Island, Taiwan

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Freckled Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), Christmas Island, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Freckled Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Georgette Douwma / Threadfin hawkfish (Cirrhytichthys aprinus). West Papua, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.

David Fleetham / Longnose hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) and invasive Snowflake coral (Carijoa riisei) on wreck of the Carthiginian. Maui, Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Blackside hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) on Coral perch. Hawaii.

Alex Mustard / A close up portrait of a giant hawkfish (Cirrhitus rivulatus) waiting in ambush. Wolf Island, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Islands. East Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / A threadfin hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprinus) on a barrel sponge. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Yellow hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aureus) Po Bin Chau, Sai Kung archipelago, Hong Kong, China.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Yellow hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aureus) Po Bin Chau, Sai Kung archipelago, Hong Kong, China.