WoRMS taxon details
Cristacirrhitus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829)
280428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280428)
accepted
Species
Cirrhitus mossambicus Smith, 1951 · unaccepted
Cirrhitus nigropunctatus Schultz, 1950 · unaccepted
Cirrhitus puncatus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 70 [details]
page(s): 70 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cristacirrhitus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280428 on 2026-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Cirrhitus mossambicus Smith, 1951) Smith, J. L. B. (1951). The fishes of the family Cirrhitidae of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (Series 12) v. 4 (no. 43) (art. 60): 625-652. [details]
original description (of Cirrhitus nigropunctatus Schultz, 1950) Schultz, L. P. (1950). Three new species of fishes of the genus Cirrhitus (family Cirrhitidae) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (3270): 547-552, Pl. 13., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.100-3270.547 [details]
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Cirrhitus mossambicus Smith, 1951) Smith, J. L. B. (1951). The fishes of the family Cirrhitidae of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (Series 12) v. 4 (no. 43) (art. 60): 625-652. [details]
original description (of Cirrhitus nigropunctatus Schultz, 1950) Schultz, L. P. (1950). Three new species of fishes of the genus Cirrhitus (family Cirrhitidae) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (3270): 547-552, Pl. 13., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.100-3270.547 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | blackspotted hawkfish [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cirrhitus mossambicus Smith, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cirrhitus nigropunctatus Schultz, 1950)
To FishBase (from synonym Cirrhitus puncatus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Cirrhitus nigropunctatus Schultz, 1950)
To FishBase (from synonym Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Cirrhitus mossambicus Smith, 1951)
To FishBase
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cirrhitus mossambicus Smith, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cirrhitus nigropunctatus Schultz, 1950)
To FishBase (from synonym Cirrhitus puncatus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Cirrhitus nigropunctatus Schultz, 1950)
To FishBase (from synonym Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Cirrhitus mossambicus Smith, 1951)
To FishBase
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
