Longnose Hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857
Other Names: Long-nose Hawkfish, Long-nosed Hawkfish
A Longnose Hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus, in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, eastern Indian Ocean, February 2009. Source: Karen Willshaw / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A distinctive hawkfish with a very long pointed snout, and a reddish stripes and bars forming netting-like pattern over a whitish background.
The Longnose Hawkfish often perches amongst the branches of gorgonian sea fans and black corals.
The Longnose Hawkfish often perches amongst the branches of gorgonian sea fans and black corals.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Oxycirrhites typus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 22 May 2022, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2428
Longnose Hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857
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Distribution |
SW of Barrow Island, Western Australia, and Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, to NE of Cootamundra Shoal, Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef to the Moreton Bay region, Queensland; also Australian territories of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere, the species is widespread, but not often seen, in the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific. Inhabits steep outer reef slopes exposed to strong currents, often among branches of black corals and gorgonian sea fans, in depths of 10-100 m (usually below 25 m). |
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Feeding |
Feeds on small planktonic and benthic crustaceans. |
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Biology |
Monogamous pairs spawn in the water column; eggs and larvae are pelagic. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin typus (= an impression, a mark, original form), as it is the type species of Bleeker's genus Oxycirrhites. |
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Species Citation |
Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker, 1857, Acta Soc. Scient. Indo-Neerland. 2: 40. Type locality: Ambon, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Longnose Hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857
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