Cirrhitus
Cirrhitus | |
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Stocky hawkfish (C. pinnulatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cirrhitidae |
Genus: | Cirrhitus Lacépède, 1803 |
Type species | |
Cirrhitus maculatus Lacepède, 1803 |
Cirrhitus is a genus of hawkfishes found on tropical reefs worldwide.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Cirrhitus albopunctatus L. P. Schultz, 1950
- Cirrhitus atlanticus Osório, 1893 (West African hawkfish)
- Cirrhitus pinnulatus (J. R. Forster, 1801) (stocky hawkfish)
- Cirrhitus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1846 (giant hawkfish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Cirrhitus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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