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Swallowtail hawkfish
Cyprinocirrhites polyactis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Swallowtail hawkfish
- Scientific
- Cyprinocirrhites polyactis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Cirrhitidae (hawkfishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 15 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 10 to 132 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
An unusual hawkfish with a forked tail, mottled yellowish to orange-brown, reaching about 15 cm. Unlike its relatives it hovers several metres above coral heads in current, feeding on plankton.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cyprinocirrhites-polyactis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Uigonbe.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.