Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5fe18435-fc21-484d-af0a-12c3c5137132

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

JSON

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

RDF

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A JSON view of this information is here here
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Further details

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For more details on names webservices, click here

Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

Occurrence records map

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
Rights: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum

Online resources

Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Video Page Url, Images
Lizard Island Research Station: Images, Occurrence record
Reef Life Survey Images: Images, Occurrence record
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author
Wikipedia: Reference, Images

Species Lists

RLS profile v3: Range: 10; Diet: Invertebrates, Fishes; Max_size: 100 mm; Invasive: Not known to be invasive; Threats: No major threats to this species are known; Abundance: 2; IUCN_Threat_status: Not assessed; Common_Name: Spotted hawkfish;; Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea to Colombia and Mariana Islands to New Caledonia; Depth: (0–13 m); Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade; Frequency: 0.617

Images

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Cirrhites oxycephalus Bleeker, 1855	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Bleeker, P. 1855. Zesde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. Natuurwet. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië Vol. 8 pp. 391-434

Common Names

Common name	Source
Spotted Hawkfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Coral Hawkfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Encyclopedia of Life Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Pixy Hawkfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Sharp-headed Hawkfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Coral Hopper Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855)

Spotted Hawkfish