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swallowtail hawfish (Cyprinocirrhites polyactis)
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swallowtail hawfish (Cyprinocirrhites polyactis) specimen
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Cirrhitidae

swallowtail hawfish

Cyprinocirrhites polyactis

Fish Reaching Fifteen Centimeters in Japanese Waters

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

swallowtail hawfish is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Maximum length
15 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa south to the southeast coast of South Africa (Ref. 5469 ) and east to Tonga (Ref. 53797 ), north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia, southeastern Australia and northern New Zealand.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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