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Updated 7/3/2022

Family Cirrhitidae

INDO-PACIFIC / TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus

Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30 feet

 


Blue Corner, Palau, 30 feet
   

 REDSPOTTED HAWKFISH

Uncommon at base of coral heads at scuba depth.  Cheek has several spots not forming bars, caudal fin spotted.  Attains 3.5 inches.  Red Sea to French Polynesia and the Tropical Eastern Pacific, excluding Hawaii.