WoRMS taxon details
Cirrhitidae Macleay, 1841
- Genus Amblycirrhitus Gill, 1862
- Genus Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857
- Genus Cirrhitops Smith, 1951
- Genus Cirrhitus Lacepède, 1803
- Genus Cristacirrhitus Randall, 2001
- Genus Cyprinocirrhites Tanaka, 1917
- Genus Isocirrhitus Randall, 1963
- Genus Itycirrhitus Randall, 2001
- Genus Neocirrhites Castelnau, 1873
- Genus Notocirrhitus Randall, 2001
- Genus Oxycirrhites Bleeker, 1857
- Genus Paracirrhites Bleeker, 1874
- Genus Amblycirrhites accepted as Amblycirrhitus Gill, 1862 (misspelling)
- Genus Cirhitichthys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 (unaccepted > misspelling)
- Genus Cirrhites accepted as Cirrhitus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
- Genus Cirrhitichtys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
- Genus Cirrhitychthys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
- Genus Cirritichthys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
- Genus Cirrtichthys accepted as Cirrhitichthys Bleeker, 1857 (unaccepted > misspelling)
- Genus Ctprinocirrhites accepted as Cyprinocirrhites Tanaka, 1917 (misspelling)
- Genus Gymnocirrhites Smith, 1951 accepted as Paracirrhites Bleeker, 1874
- Genus Neocirrhitus accepted as Neocirrhites Castelnau, 1873 (misspelling)
- Genus Oxycirrhitus accepted as Oxycirrhites Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
- Genus Paracitthites accepted as Paracirrhites Bleeker, 1874 (misspelling)
- Genus Pseudocirrhites Mowbray, 1927 accepted as Amblycirrhitus Gill, 1862
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: tropical western and eastern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific (mainly Indo-Pacific). Dorsal fin with 10 spines;...
Description Distribution: tropical western and eastern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific (mainly Indo-Pacific). Dorsal fin with 10 spines; soft rays 11-17. Numerous short filaments at the tip of the dorsal spines. Soft rays in anal fin 5-7. Thickened and elongate lower pectoral rays. Scales ctenoid or cycloid. Vertebrae 26-28. About 55 cm maximum length. Usually small and very colorful. Inhabits rocks and corals. All are carnivores of small benthic crustaceans and fishes. The few species studied are protogynous hermaphrodites. Males maintain territories with several females. Cirrus (lat.) = fringe [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Cirrhitidae Macleay, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151475 on 2024-04-19
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Distribution: tropical western and eastern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific (mainly Indo-Pacific). Dorsal fin with 10 spines; soft rays 11-17. Numerous short filaments at the tip of the dorsal spines. Soft rays in anal fin 5-7. Thickened and elongate lower pectoral rays. Scales ctenoid or cycloid. Vertebrae 26-28. About 55 cm maximum length. Usually small and very colorful. Inhabits rocks and corals. All are carnivores of small benthic crustaceans and fishes. The few species studied are protogynous hermaphrodites. Males maintain territories with several females. Cirrus (lat.) = fringe [details]
