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Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster, 1801) 
AphiaID: 218862

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Cirrhitidae (Family) > Cirrhitus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cirrhitus Lacepède, 1803
Synonymised
taxa
  Cirrhites maculosus Bennett, 1828
Cirrhites pinnulatus (Forster, 1801) (misspelling)
Cirrhitus alternatus Gill, 1862
Cirrhitus maculatus Lacepède, 1803
Cirrhitus spilotoceps Schultz, 1950
Labrus marmoratus Lacepède, 1801
Labrus pinnulatus Forster, 1801
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English stocky hawkfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Inhabits reef fronts and rocky shorelines exposed to moderate to strong surge to depths of about 3 m. Feeds primarily on crabs, also takes other crustaceans, small fishes, sea urchins or brittle stars. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9947). [details]

Remark: In Bloch & Schneider. Author Eschmeyer, pers. comm. According to Randall, by Schneider 1801. Authority given to (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) in Randall, 1992 <307>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218862
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-12 06:53:36Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster, 1801). 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=218862 on 2013-05-22
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