Longnose Hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857

Other Names: Long-nose Hawkfish, Long-nosed Hawkfish

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.

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Dianne J. Bray, Oxycirrhites typus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 28 Oct 2021, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2428

Longnose Hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857

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Distribution	Recorded in Australia from SW of Barrow Island and Scott Reef, Western Australia, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and Lizard Island to Escape Reef, Queensland; also the Australian territories of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. Elsewhere, widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Inhabits steep outer reef slopes exposed to strong currents, usually amongst the branches of black corals and gorgonian sea fans, in depths of 10-100 m (usually below 25 m).
Feeding	Feeds on small planktonic and benthic crustaceans.
Biology	Monogamous pairs spawn in the water column; eggs and larvae are pelagic.
Species Citation	Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker, 1857, Acta Soc. Scient. Indo-Neerland. 2: 40. Type locality: Ambon, Indonesia.
Author	Dianne J. Bray

Longnose Hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857

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