[Image]Scientific Name: Oxycirrhites typus Family: Hawkfishes - Cirrhitidae Maximum Size: 13cm Identification: Long 'needle-nosed' snout; white with red bars and stripes forming netted pattern of squares. Favourite: Solitary. Hide-out: Perch among branches of black coral and gorgonian sea fans on steep outer reef slopes in 12-100m, usually below 25m. Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea to Hawaii and Panama. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.
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