Coral hawkfish

The coral hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus) is a species of hawkfish found on tropical reefs of the Indo-Pacific and the eastern Pacific Ocean.[1] It grows to 10 cm (3.9 in) in total length.[2] It occasionally is found in the aquarium trade.

Coral hawkfish
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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C. oxycephalus
Binomial name
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
(Bleeker, 1855)

Taxonomic synonyms

  • Cirrhites oxycephalus Bleeker, 1855
  • Cirrhites grandimaculatus F. LiĆ©nard, 1891
  • Cirrhites murrayi Regan, 1909
  • Cirrhitichthys corallicola Tee-Van, 1940

References

  1. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/5830
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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