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Updated 12/27/2013

Family Cirrhitidae

INDO-PACIFIC/ HAWAII

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Oxycirrhites typus

Mokapu Pinnacle, Oahu, 110 feet

 

 

Red Hill, Hawaii, 100 feet

 

 

South Kona, Hawaii

 

Makapu'u, Oahu, 110 feet


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LONGNOSE HAWKFISH

Uncommon on gorgonians and black coral exposed to current at depths exceeding 75 feet.  Feeds upon zooplankton.  Attains 5 inches.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and Colombia.