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Coral hawkfish (Pixy hawkfish)

Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus

Description:

Here it goes my Galapagos hawkfish sighting.

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8 Comments

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

Very Nice...:)

The MnMs
The MnMs 11 years ago

Thanks, Seema :-)

Seema
Seema 11 years ago

a beauty

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

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

The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

Gracias harsuame! son tipicos en Galapagos.

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Fantástico color bello

The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

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

Elsa
Elsa 12 years ago

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

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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