Key Identification Features
- Its head features a short, blunt snout and a large mouth that extends backward to the rear edge of the eye; a low bony ridge sits above the eye.
- Two distinct color forms exist for this species.
- Swallowtail hawkfish, with the scientific name Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker, 1874), has two unique features that set it apart from all other members of the hawkfish family Cirrhitidae.
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