Small predators that perch on coral, sponge or a gorgonian on thickened lower pectoral fin rays, and drop onto anything small that passes. They do not swim much, which is what makes them easy to photograph.
The perch is the fish. A longnose hawkfish sits in a black coral or a gorgonian and moves along it rather than off it; a dwarf hawkfish sits on a coral head and comes back to the same spot. Working around the perch rather than following the fish is the way to get close.
Several change sex, and in some species a male holds a small group of females on neighbouring perches.
Every one has a page. They are shown as a list rather than as pictures because nothing has been photographed or logged for them yet, and a species with nothing behind it should not sit in front of one that has.
How many of the 5 carry a record at each destination. A species usually carries several, so these do not add up to 5.
All 1316 species in one index, with filters for destination, rarity and hazard.