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Cirrhitidae Macleay, 1841

151475  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151475)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Centrarchiformes (Order)
  11. Cirrhitidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Amblycirrhitus Gill, 1862
  2. Genus Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857
  3. Genus Cirrhitops Smith, 1951
  4. Genus Cirrhitus Lacepède, 1803
  5. Genus Cristacirrhitus Randall, 2001
  6. Genus Cyprinocirrhites Tanaka, 1917
  7. Genus Isocirrhitus Randall, 1963
  8. Genus Itycirrhitus Randall, 2001
  9. Genus Neocirrhites Castelnau, 1873
  10. Genus Notocirrhitus Randall, 2001
  11. Genus Oxycirrhites Bleeker, 1857
  12. Genus Paracirrhites Bleeker, 1874
  13. Genus Amblycirrhites accepted as Amblycirrhitus Gill, 1862 (misspelling)
  14. Genus Cirhitichthys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  15. Genus Cirrhites accepted as Cirrhitus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
  16. Genus Cirrhitichtys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
  17. Genus Cirrhitychthys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
  18. Genus Cirritichthys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
  19. Genus Cirrtichthys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  20. Genus Ctprinocirrhites accepted as Cyprinocirrhites Tanaka, 1917 (misspelling)
  21. Genus Gymnocirrhites Smith, 1951 accepted as Paracirrhites Bleeker, 1874
  22. Genus Neocirrhitus accepted as Neocirrhites Castelnau, 1873 (misspelling)
  23. Genus Oxycirrhitus accepted as Oxycirrhites Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
  24. Genus Paracitthites accepted as Paracirrhites Bleeker, 1874 (misspelling)
  25. Genus Pseudocirrhites Mowbray, 1927 accepted as Amblycirrhitus Gill, 1862
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: tropical western and eastern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific (mainly Indo-Pacific). Dorsal fin with 10 spines;...  
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cirrhitidae Macleay, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151475 on 2025-05-28
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2005-04-06 10:22:32Z
created
Claus, Simon
2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2021-06-30 11:37:23Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
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]
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LanguageName 
English hawkfishes  [details]
Japanese ゴンベ科  [details]
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