Cirrhitichthys

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Kingdom Animalia Family Cirrhitidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Order Perciformes Scientific name Cirrhitichthys Higher classification Hawkfish

Lower classifications Dwarf hawkfish, Coral hawkfish, Spotted hawkfish, Yellow hawkfish

Falco hawkfish cirrhitichthys falco

Cirrhitichthys is a genus of hawkfishes found on tropical reefs in the Indian and western Pacific oceans.

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

Cirrhitichthys aprinus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (spotted hawkfish)

Cirrhitichthys aureus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) (yellow hawkfish)

Cirrhitichthys bleekeri F. Day, 1874

Cirrhitichthys calliurus Regan, 1905 (spottedtail hawkfish)

Cirrhitichthys falco J. E. Randall, 1963 (dwarf hawkfish)

Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage, 1880)

Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (coral hawkfish)

Cirrhitichthys randalli Kotthaus, 1976

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