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Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker, 1874)

Swallowtail hawkfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Cirrhitidae (Hawkfishes)
Etymology: Cyprinocirrhites: Latin, cyprinus = carp + Latin, cirrus = curl, fringe (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 132 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa south to the southeast coast of South Africa (Ref. 5469) and east to Tonga (Ref. 53797), north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia, southeastern Australia and northern New Zealand.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7. Body mottled light yellowish to orange-brown; juveniles orange-gold (Ref. 5469).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on steep slopes and around small coral heads exposed to currents (Ref. 9710). Hovers several meters above the bottom and feeds mainly on pelagic crustaceans, copepods, and other animals of the plankton. Also found around sponges (Ref 90102).

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Further histological evidence is needed to establish protogyny (Ref. 103751).

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Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20 - 28.3, mean 26.8 °C (based on 500 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01585 (0.00637 - 0.03944), b=3.01 (2.79 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.31 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 82.2 [41.0, 128.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.797 [0.470, 1.350] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.8, 19.3] %; Omega3 = 0.126 [0.073, 0.216] g/100g; Selenium = 36.9 [18.3, 72.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 115 [32, 413] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.45 [0.97, 2.09] mg/100g (wet weight);