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Cirrhitidae
pixy hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
Cirrhitid Fish from New Caledonia
pixy hawkfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 15.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cirrhitidae
- Genus
- Cirrhitichthys
- Maximum length
- 15.2 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to East London, South Africa (Ref. 5469 ) and east to the Marquesan Islands, north to the Mariana Islands, south to New Caledonia. Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Colombia and the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 9289 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

