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Cirrhitidae
swallowtail hawfish
Cyprinocirrhites polyactis
Fish Reaching Fifteen Centimeters in Japanese Waters
swallowtail hawfish is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cirrhitidae
- Genus
- Cyprinocirrhites
- 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

