🌊 Marine
🌡️ Tropical
Sharpsnout hawkfish
Amblycirrhitus oxyrhynchos Bleeker, 1858
📖 Overview
Known from a single specimen collected more than 150 years ago at Molucca Islands, Indonesia (Ref 90102).
Scientific Name
Amblycirrhitus oxyrhynchos
Authority
Bleeker, 1858
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Short and / or deep
Max Length
5.2 cm
Trophic Level
3.3
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt
🔬 Taxonomy
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Centrarchiformes
Centrarchiformes
Family
Cirrhitidae
Cirrhitidae
Genus
Amblycirrhitus
Amblycirrhitus
Species
Sharpsnout hawkfish
Amblycirrhitus oxyrhynchos
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6. : short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Sharpsnout hawkfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
🐣 Oviparous
📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Pelagic
Fertilization
External
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal. Tropical Central Pacific.
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine
⬇️ Benthic
Trophic Level
3.3±0.6
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.01585 × L3.05
(TL)
Max TL
5.2cm
Dorsal Spines
10
Dorsal Rays
12
Anal Spines
3
Anal Rays
6
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
Salinity Range
30–40ppt
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Fishing Vulnerability
10.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.3
Predator
Body Shape
Short and / or deep
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Bleeker, 1858
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