33 Species in Family Cirrhitidae
Nominal species list for Cirrhitidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Amblycirrhitus bimacula (Jenkins, 1903) Twospot hawkfish
Amblycirrhitus earnshawi Lubbock, 1978 White hawkfish
Amblycirrhitus oxyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1858) Sharpsnout hawkfish
Amblycirrhitus pinos (Mowbray, 1927) Redspotted hawkfish
Amblycirrhitus unimacula (Kamohara, 1957)
Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier, 1829) Spotted hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys aureus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) Yellow hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys bleekeri Day, 1874
Cirrhitichthys calliurus Regan, 1905 Spottedtail hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys falco Randall, 1963 Dwarf hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage, 1880) Cave hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) Coral hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys randalli Kotthaus, 1976
Cirrhitops fasciatus (Bennett, 1828) Redbarred hawkfish
Cirrhitops hubbardi (Schultz, 1943)
Cirrhitops mascarenensis Randall & Schultz, 2008
Cirrhitus albopunctatus Schultz, 1950
Cirrhitus atlanticus Osório, 1893 West African hawkfish
Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster, 1801) Stocky hawkfish
Cirrhitus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1846 Giant hawkfish
Cristacirrhitus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) Blackspotted hawkfish
Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker, 1874) Swallowtail hawkfish
Isocirrhitus sexfasciatus (Schultz, 1960) Sixband hawkfish
Itycirrhitus wilhelmi (Lavenberg & Yañez, 1972) Wilhelm's hawkfish
Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau, 1873 Flame hawkfish
Notocirrhitus splendens (Ogilby, 1889) Splendid hawkfish
Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker, 1857 Longnose hawkfish
Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829) Arc-eye hawkfish
Paracirrhites bicolor Randall, 1963
Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider, 1801) Blackside hawkfish
Paracirrhites hemistictus (Günther, 1874) Whitespot hawkfish
Paracirrhites nisus Randall, 1963
Paracirrhites xanthus Randall, 1963
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