Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

Longnose Hawkfish
Oxycirrhites typus
Longnose Hawkfish
Category: Hawkfishes
Scientific Name: Oxycirrhites typus
Size: 3 to 5 in. (8 to 13 cm)  
Depth: 70-250 ft. (21-75 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Red Sea, Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Centrarchiformes (Order)
     └Cirrhitidae (Family) Hawkfishes
      └Oxycirrhites (Genus)
       └O. typus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218865🔗
iNaturalist ID: 121197🔗

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