WoRMS taxon details
Cirrhitidae
AphiaID: 151475
AphiaID: 151475
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||
| Parent | Perciformes | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] | |||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Amblycirrhitus Gill, 1862 Genus Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 Genus Cirrhitoidea Jenkins, 1903 Genus Cirrhitops Smith, 1951 Genus Cirrhitus Lacepède, 1803 Genus Cristacirrhitus Genus Cyprinocirrhites Tanaka, 1917 Genus Isocirrhitus Genus Itycirrhitus Genus Neocirrhites Castelnau, 1873 Genus Notocirrhitus Genus Oxycirrhites Bleeker, 1857 Genus Paracirrhites Bleeker, 1874 Genus Amblycirrhites accepted as Amblycirrhitus Gill, 1862 Genus Cirrhites accepted as Cirrhitus Lacepède, 1803 Genus Cirrhitichtys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 Genus Cirrhitychthys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 Genus Cirrihitichthys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 Genus Cirritichthys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 Genus Ctprinocirrhites accepted as Cyprinocirrhites Tanaka, 1917 Genus Gymnocirrhites accepted as Paracirrhites Bleeker, 1874 Genus Neocirrhitus accepted as Neocirrhites Castelnau, 1873 Genus Oxycirrhitus accepted as Oxycirrhites Bleeker, 1857 Genus Paracitthites accepted as Paracirrhites Bleeker, 1874 Genus Parracirrhites accepted as Paracirrhites Bleeker, 1874 Genus Pseudocirrhites accepted as Amblycirrhitus Gill, 1862 | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Distribution: tropical western and eastern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific (mainly Indo-Pacific). Dorsal fin with 10 spines; soft rays 11-17. Numerous short filaments at the tip of the dorsal spines. Soft rays in anal fin 5-7. Thickened and elongate lower pectoral rays. Scales ctenoid or cycloid. Vertebrae 26-28. About 55 cm maximum length. Usually small and very colorful. Inhabits rocks and corals. All are carnivores of small benthic crustaceans and fishes. The few species studied are protogynous hermaphrodites. Males maintain territories with several females. Cirrus (lat.) = fringe [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151475 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Cirrhitidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151475 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||
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