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Identity card
Coral hawkfish
- Scientific name:
- Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
- Family:
- Cirrhitidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- Bleeker, 1855
- IUCN Status:
- Least Concern
- Distribution:
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Indo-Pacific: from the Red Sea to South Africa, to the Gulf of California and Colombia.
- Habitat:
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Coral reefs, lagoons, outer reefs, between 10 and 25 metres deep.
- Size:
Up to 10 cm.
- Diet:
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Small fish and shellfish.
