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Hawkfishes
Cirrhitidae
The hawkfishes are strictly tropical, perciform marine fishes of the family Cirrhitidae associated with the coral reefs of the western and eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. They share many morphological features with the scorpionfish of the family Scorpaenidae.
12 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 35 known species
Paracirrhites
genusParacirrhites
Cirrhitichthys
genusCirrhitichthys
Cirrhitus
genusCirrhitus
Longnose Hawkfishes
genusOxycirrhites
Cirrhitops
genusCirrhitops
Amblycirrhitus
genusAmblycirrhitus
Lyretail Hawkfishes
genusCyprinocirrhites
Flame Hawkfishes
genusNeocirrhites
Splendid Hawkfishes
genusNotocirrhitus
Black-spotted Hawkfishes
genusCristacirrhitus
Wilhelm's Hawkfishes
genusItycirrhitus
Sixband Hawkfishes
genusIsocirrhitus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47580.