Paracirrhites

Paracirrhites

Arc-eye Hawkfish (P. arcatus) in Polynesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cirrhitidae
Genus:	Paracirrhites Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Grammistes forsteri J. G. Schneider, 1801

Paracirrhites is a genus of hawkfishes found on tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

Paracirrhites arcatus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (arc-eye hawkfish)
Paracirrhites bicolor J. E. Randall, 1963
Paracirrhites forsteri (J. G. Schneider, 1801) (blackside hawkfish)
Paracirrhites hemistictus (Günther, 1874) (whitespot hawkfish)
Paracirrhites nisus J. E. Randall, 1963
Paracirrhites xanthus J. E. Randall, 1963

References

Bleeker P., 1874. Sur les espèces insulindiennes de la famille des Cirrhitéoïdes. Versl. Akad. Amsterdam v. 15. 1-20.
Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A., 1829. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. Historie naturelle des poissons. v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71.
Randall, J. E., 1963. Review of the hawkfishes (family Cirrhitidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 114 (núm. 3472): 389-451, 16 pls.
Bloch, M. E. & Schneider, J. G., 1801. M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae.: i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
Günther, A., 1874. Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee. Band I, Heft. III. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Band II, Heft VII. F. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg. Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee.: 58-96, Pls. 40-60.

↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Paracirrhites in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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Bibliography

Fritzsche, R.A., 1982. Osteichthyes. A: Parker, S.P., Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, vol. 2. McGraw-Hill, Nova York: 858-944.

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