Cirrhitichthys

Cirrhitichthys is a genus of hawkfishes found on tropical reefs in the Indian and western Pacific oceans.

Cirrhitichthys
Spotted Hawkfish, (C. aprinus)
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Cirrhitichthys

Bleeker, 1857
Type species
Cirrhites graphidopterus
Bleeker, 1853

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Cirrhitichthys aprinus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (spotted hawkfish)
  • Cirrhitichthys aureus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) (yellow hawkfish)
  • Cirrhitichthys bleekeri F. Day, 1874
  • Cirrhitichthys calliurus Regan, 1905 (spottedtail hawkfish)
  • Cirrhitichthys falco J. E. Randall, 1963 (dwarf hawkfish)
  • Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage, 1880)
  • Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (coral hawkfish)
  • Cirrhitichthys randalli Kotthaus, 1976

References

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