Swallowtail hawkfish

Swallowtail hawkfish
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cirrhitidae
Genus:	Cyprinocirrhites; S. Tanaka (I), 1917
Species:	C. polyactis
Binomial name
	Cyprinocirrhites polyactis; (Bleeker, 1874)
Synonyms
	Cirrhitichthys polyactis Bleeker, 1874; Cyprinocirrhites ui S. Tanaka (I), 1917; Cyprinocirrhites stigma Fowler, 1943;

The swallowtail hawkfish, Cyprinocirrhites polyactis, is a species of hawkfish native to tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species grows to 15 cm (5.9 in) in total length. It is also found in the aquarium trade. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[1]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Cyprinocirrhites polyactis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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