Galapagos Species Database
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Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
halcón de coral, Coral hawkfish
Short pointed snout. Tassels on tips of dorsal fin spines. Size: To 10 cm.
Habitat: Regions of coral development, lava, and rocky shores; to depths of 40 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Centrarchiformes
Family
Cirrhitidae
Genus
Cirrhitichthys
Species
oxycephalus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cirrhites grandimaculatus Liénard, 1891, Cirrhites murrayi Regan, 1909, Cirrhites oxycephalus Bleeker, 1855, Cirrhitichthys corallicola Tee-Van, 1940, Cirrhitychthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (misspelling) Cirritichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (misspelling), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Tropical and subtropical waters; in the eastern Pacific from the central Gulf of California to Colombia, and Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo, Revillagigedos and Ecuador in the Galapagos Islands.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7750. Accessed 16 July 2025.