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Class: Teleostei
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Cirrhitidae Hawkfishes

Genus: Cirrhitichthys

(See list of species below)


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8 species (see list below)
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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 12.5 cm TL
Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier, 1829)

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Cirrhitichthys aprinus
[Spotted hawkfish]

Photo by Eric Keung@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Cirrhitichthys aureus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)

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Cirrhitichthys aureus
[Yellow hawkfish]

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Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 8.2 cm SL
Cirrhitichthys bleekeri Day, 1874

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Cirrhitichthys bleekeri
[]

Photo by Field, R.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Cirrhitichthys calliurus Regan, 1905

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Cirrhitichthys calliurus
[Spottedtail hawkfish]

Photo by van der Werff, M.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Cirrhitichthys falco Randall, 1963

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Cirrhitichthys falco
[Dwarf hawkfish]

Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/D. Terver

Indo-West Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage, 1880)

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Cirrhitichthys guichenoti
[Cave hawkfish]

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Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855)

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Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
[Coral hawkfish]
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Cirrhitichthys randalli
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cirrhitichthys aprinus Spotted hawkfish Western Indian Ocean 12.5 TL 1829
Cirrhitichthys aureus Yellow hawkfish Indo-West Pacific 14 TL 1842
Cirrhitichthys bleekeri Eastern Indian Ocean 8.2 SL 1874
Cirrhitichthys calliurus Spottedtail hawkfish Western Indian Ocean 12 TL 1905
Cirrhitichthys falco Dwarf hawkfish Indo-Pacific 8 TL 1963
Cirrhitichthys guichenoti Cave hawkfish Indo-West Pacific Ocean 12 TL 1880
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus Coral hawkfish Indo-Pacific 10 TL 1855
Cirrhitichthys randalli Western Indian Ocean 1976



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