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Coral hawkfish (Pixy hawkfish)

Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Here it goes my Galapagos hawkfish sighting.

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8 Comments

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 7 years ago

Very Nice...:)

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The MnMs
The MnMs 7 years ago

Thanks, Seema :-)

Seema
Seema 7 years ago

a beauty

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Ava T-B
Ava T-B 8 years ago

Please consider adding this lovely spotting to the new Galapagos mission at : http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1478...

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The MnMs
The MnMs 8 years ago

Gracias harsuame! son tipicos en Galapagos.

harsuame
harsuame 8 years ago

Fantástico color bello

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The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago

Most likely they are the same species, since the fish lives in Indopacific waters.

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Elsa
Elsa 9 years ago

Looks like the same species - I'll borrow that ID :) Nice pic, very clear.

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The MnMs
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The MnMs

Provincia de Galápagos, Ecuador

Spotted on Sep 9, 2005
Submitted on May 24, 2011

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