Cirrhitichthys falco

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cirrhitichthys serratus Randall • Cirrhitichtys falco • Cirrhitichtys falco Randall • Cirrhitichtys falco Randall, 1963

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Randall, J.E. Review of the hawkfishes (Family Cirrhitidae). Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 114(3472):389-451., 1963.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 03-May-1995

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cirrhitichthys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. aprinus (Blotched Hawkfish) · C. aureus (Yellow Hawkfish) · C. calliurus (Spottedtail Hawkfish) · C. falco (Falcon Hawkfish) · C. oxycephalus (Sharp-Headed Hawkfish) · C. polyactis (Swallowtail Hawkfish) · C. splendens (Two-Spotted Hawkfish)

More Info

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Further Reading

• NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 20.
• Pacific Plate biogeography, with special reference to shorefishes / Victor G. Springer. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982. url p. 34.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 1168.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• McEachran, John (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Northern Barrier Marine Life (OBIS Australia)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 124207
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-21633
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13834402
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 645472
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 148168

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