Sixband hawkfish

Sixband hawkfish
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cirrhitidae
Genus: Isocirrhitus
J. E. Randall, 1963
Species: I. sexfasciatus
Binomial name
Isocirrhitus sexfasciatus
(L. P. Schultz, 1960)
Synonyms
  • Cirrhitoidea sexfasciata L. P. Schultz, 1960

The sixband hawkfish, Isocirrhitus sexfasciatus, is a species of hawkfish found on tropical reefs around the Marshall Islands, the Tuamotu Islands, and Tonga. This species grows to 7.8 cm (3.1 in) in standard length. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Isocirrhitus sexfasciatus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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