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title: "Pixy Hawkfish"
description: "Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus — Ryby. The coral hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus), the pixy hawkfish or sharp-headed hawkfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a hawkfish belonging to the family Cirrhitidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pixy-hawkfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pixy Hawkfish

> Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus — Ryby. The coral hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus), the pixy hawkfish or sharp-headed hawkfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a hawkfish belonging to the family Cirrhitidae.

- Scientific name: *Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2147
- Wikidata: [Q1498040](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1498040)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132687](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132687)

## Names

- en: Pixy Hawkfish
- de: Gefleckter Korallenwächter
- es: Halcón de coral
- fr: Épervier à points rouges

## Countries with the most observations

MX (369), ID (298), EC (229), PA (139), CR (113), MV (106), ZA (70), FJ (56), AU (41), KE (35), PH (35), SB (30)

## Summary

The coral hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus), the pixy hawkfish or sharp-headed hawkfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a hawkfish belonging to the family Cirrhitidae. It is native to tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It occasionally is found in the aquarium trade.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_hawkfish

## Photo

![Pixy Hawkfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pixy-hawkfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156744554

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pixy-hawkfish?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).