Coral Hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Cirrhitidae
- Genus
- Cirrhitichthys
Where to Find
Found in 37 diving areas across 24 countries and 8 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 151 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 144 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 143 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 8 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 14 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 34 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 14 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 29 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 4 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 147 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 20 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 30 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 70 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 37 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 209 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 428 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 10 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 6 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 25 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 4 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 4 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 9 records