Coral hawkfish
| Coral hawkfish | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cirrhitidae |
| Genus: | Cirrhitichthys |
| Species: | C. oxycephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) | |
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.
Taxonomic synonyms
- Cirrhites oxycephalus Bleeker, 1855
- Cirrhites grandimaculatus F. Liénard, 1891
- Cirrhites murrayi Regan, 1909
- Cirrhitichthys corallicola Tee-Van, 1940
References
- ↑ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/5830
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus. |
| Wikispecies has information related to: Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus |
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