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Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) 
AphiaID: 218853

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Cirrhitidae (Family) > Cirrhitichthys (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857
Synonymised
taxa
  Cirrhites grandimaculatus LiĆ©nard, 1891
Cirrhites murrayi Regan, 1909
Cirrhites oxycephalus Bleeker, 1855
Cirrhitichthys corallicola Tee-Van, 1940
Cirrhitychthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (misspelling)
Cirritichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English pixy hawkfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218853
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-06-12 06:53:36Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218853 on 2013-05-18
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