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Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Scientific name: Oxycirrhites typus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Chordata → Subphylum Vertebrata → Infraphylum Gnathostomata → Parvphylum Osteichthyes → Gigaclass Actinopterygii → Class Actinopteri → Subclass Teleostei → Order Centrarchiformes → Family Cirrhitidae → Genus Oxycirrhites

Common name: Longnose Hawkfish
Locations: Hawaii, Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine LifeFishHawkfishes

Found almost exclusively on or near black coral (which is actually red-orange; it just looks black at depth because there's no red light).

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Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
Oxycirrhites typus (Longnose Hawkfish)
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