Longnose Hawkfish

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.