Species Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Labrus pinnulatus Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls. [264].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Tahiti.
• Cirrhitus maculatus Lacépède, B.G. 1803. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 5 803 pp. 21 pls. [2].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A.5499, Indian Ocean.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Randall, J.E. 1963. Review of the hawkfishes (family Cirrhitidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 114(3472): 389-451 figs 1-16 [396]

 

Generic Combinations

• Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). —
  Lacépède, B.G. 1803. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 5 803 pp. 21 pls. [252] (changed combination as type of genus Cirrhitus)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ningaloo Reef (22°00'S), Exmouth Gulf (22°05'S) and Scott Reef (14°03'S), WA, Cartier Reef, Timor Sea (12°32'S), and Lizard Island (14°40'S) to Escape Reef (15°49'S), QLD, also Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In surge zone.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [90]

Randall, J.E. 2001. Cirrhitidae, Cheilodactylidae. pp. 3321-3330 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3326]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [286]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [286]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 197 pp. [99] (Marbled Hawkfish)

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [143] (White Spotted Hawkfish)

Randall, J.E. 2001. Cirrhitidae, Cheilodactylidae. pp. 3321-3330 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3326] (FAO) (Stocky Hawkfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Whitespotted Hawkfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
23-Nov-2012		23-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		26-Oct-2011	MODIFIED