Cirrhitus pinnulatus

Cirrhitus pinnulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cirrhitoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Centrarchiformes Subordo: Cirrhitoidei Superfamilia: Cirrhitoidea

Familia: Cirrhitidae
Genus: Cirrhitus
Species: Cirrhitus pinnulatus
Subspecies: C. p. maculosus – C. p. pinnulatus

Name

Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

• No types known.

Type locality: Otahaitee [Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific].

Etymology: The specific name is a combination of the Latin pinna (= fin) and latus (= side, flank, wide, broad, spacious).

References

• Bloch, M. E. & Schneider, J. G.; 1801: M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus cx Ilustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
• Gaither, M.R.; Randall, J.E. 2013: Reclassification of the Indo-Pacific hawkfish Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster). Zootaxa 3599(2): 189–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.2.5 Reference page. 
• Cirrhitus pinnulatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.