Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

Pixy Hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
Pixy Hawkfish
Also known as: Coral Hawkfish
Category: Hawkfishes
Scientific Name: Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 3-120 ft. (1-37 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama, 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
      └Cirrhitichthys (Genus)
       └C. oxycephalus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218853🔗
iNaturalist ID: 132687🔗

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