Coral hawkfish
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| Species: | C. oxycephalus
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| Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855)
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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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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