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Cirrhitus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1846

Giant hawkfish
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> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Cirrhitidae (Hawkfishes)
Etymology: Cirrhitus: Latin, cirrus = curl fringe (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 5 - 23 m (Ref. 5227). Tropical; 30°N - 1°S, 120°W - 70°W

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Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to northern Colombia and the Galapagos Islands.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40637); peso massimo pubblicato: 4.2 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Body moderately deep and compressed; dorsal fin with 10 thick spines and 11 to 12 soft rays (X,11-12); interspinal membranes with terminal cirri; pectoral fins wide, with 14 rays, the lower 7 thickened and unbranched, with notched membranes; body olive green to red, with 4 dark oblique bars with cobalt blue borders; head with similar dark bars (Ref. 55763).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Solitary, bottom-living in shallow waters (Ref. 28023). Lies very still on rock ledges and is well camouflaged against the rocks. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes (Ref. 37955). Considered a good food fish (Ref. 9289).

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Bussing, W.A. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1995. Cirrhitidae. Chinos, halcones. p. 1007-1010. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9289)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 21.6 - 29.1, mean 26.7 °C (based on 117 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00367 - 0.02375), b=3.07 (2.85 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 42.5 [27.0, 64.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.593 [0.384, 1.010] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [18.6, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.126 [0.088, 0.179] g/100g; Selenium = 35.9 [21.8, 60.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 50.6 [20.3, 128.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.08 [0.79, 1.44] mg/100g (wet weight);