[Image]Scientific Name: Cyprinocirrhites polyactis Family: Hawkfishes - Cirrhitidae Maximum Size: 15cm Identification: Orange-brown with faint brown freckling; forked tail. Favourite: Solitary or form groups. Hide-out: Unlike other hawkfishes, which feed on the bottom, hover in mid-water feeding on plankton over steep slopes and coral outcroppings in 10-132m. Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - E. Africa to Australia, north to S.W. Japan.
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