Longnose hawkfish
Amazing fact
The longnose hawkfish has tufts of threadlike growths at the tips of its dorsal fin spines.
葛西臨海水族園
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The longnose hawkfish has tufts of threadlike growths at the tips of its dorsal fin spines.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Longnose hawkfish
- Scientific name
- Oxycirrhites typus
- Japanese name
- クダゴンベ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Cirrhitidae
- Genus
- Oxycirrhites
Where the name “Longnose hawkfish” comes from
The group name “hawkfish” is thought to come from watching the surroundings and darting off, like a hawk.
葛西臨海水族園It stays still on top of branching corals and similar perches, looking as if it is standing on its pectoral fins.
Basic data
- Size
- Total length: up to 13 cm
- Diet
- Benthic organisms and small crustaceans drifting in the water
- Range
- Tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans south of central Honshu and the California coast
Where the Longnose hawkfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- クダゴンベ
- 简体中文
- 长吻䱵
- 繁體中文
- 尖吻䱵
- Español
- Pez halcón de nariz larga
- Français
- Bécasse à Carreaux
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-falcão-de-focinho-comprido
- Русский
- Оксициррит
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 葛西臨海水族園 — クダゴンベChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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Places that keep or show the Longnose hawkfish
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
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Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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