Cirrhitus

Cirrhitus is a genus of hawkfishes found on tropical reefs worldwide.

Cirrhitus
Stocky hawkfish (C. pinnulatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Cirrhitidae
Genus:
Cirrhitus

Type species
Cirrhitus maculatus
Lacepède, 1803

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
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Cirrhitus in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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