Coral hawkfish

Spotted Hawkfish ( Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus )

The spotted hawkfish ( Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus ) or pointed head Hawkfish is a small, up to 10 centimeters long Hawkfish ( Cirrhitidae ). They differ from the almost identical -looking kind Cirrhitichthys aprinus by the spotted tail, which is aprinus translucent transparent at C..

Dissemination

The fish have a very wide distribution area and live in the coral and rocky reefs of the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific from the coast of eastern and southern Africa to the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands.

Way of life

Like all hawkfish lives of the pointed head Korallenwächter settled in a small area, especially likes to sit on striking corals or rocks and observed the surroundings, to swim by prey, such as small crustaceans and fish larvae lurking. Since the fish have a swim bladder stunted they are not able to stay long time in the open water.

Aquarium maintenance

The spotted hawkfish is an easy-to -retaining foster child for the marine aquarium. The fish should be fed with sufficient frozen food such as brine shrimp, mysis and krill. They are like all Korallenwächter very voracious. Do they suffer from hunger so they can lay hands on shrimp and small fish that have less than 1/ 3 of their body length.