Lyretail Hawkfish

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.