Scientific Name	Oxycirrhites typus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bleeker, 1857	Depth	1 - 15M
Chinese	尖吻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F402　Cirrhitidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	尖吻
Max Length	13 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	尖嘴格、格仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Ambon I., Moluccas Is., Indonesia
Synonyms	Oxycirrhitus typus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Akira, O. etc. 1974 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0058034. BPBMI23443. NTUM07117.
Common Name	Long nose hawkfish; Long-nose hawk; Longnose hawkfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body much elongate; body depth 4.4-4.6 in standard length; snout extremely long, its length about 2.0 in head. Palatine teeth absent. A single dorsal fin with X spines and 13 rays, two to four cirri from membrane near tip of each dorsal spine; anal fin with III spines and 7 rays; lower 5 pectoral rays unbrached; caudal fin lunate. Lateral line complete, with 51-53 scales; 4 rows of scales above lateral line. Body whitish with horizontal and near-vertical red bands forming a cross-hatch patten.
habitats	Inhabits steep outer reef slopes exposed to strong currents where it lives in large gorgonians and black corals. Feeds on small benthic or planktonic crustaceans. Lays demersal eggs.
Distribution	Widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to the Hawaiian Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia; throughout Micronesia. Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to northern Colombia and the Galapagos Islands. It is found in southern Ta
Utility	Aquarium fishes.