Dwarf hawkfish
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| Dwarf hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys falco | ||||||||||||||
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| Cirrhitichthys falco Randall, 1963 |
The dwarf hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys falco, is a hawkfish of the family Cirrhitidae found across the Indo West Pacific oceans.
The spotted hawkfish can reach a maximum length of 7cm. They are red-pink and white in color and they have tassles on the tip of their dorsal fins.
They inhabite tropical reefs and they feed on very small fish and benthic invertebrates.
[edit] References
- "Cirrhitichthys aprinus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
