Amblycirrhitus

Amblycirrhitus is a genus of hawkfishes found on tropical reefs worldwide.

Amblycirrhitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Cirrhitidae
Genus:
Amblycirrhitus

Type species
Cirrhites fasciatus
G. Cuvier, 1829

Species

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

  • Amblycirrhitus bimacula (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (twospot hawkfish)
  • Amblycirrhitus earnshawi Lubbock, 1978
  • Amblycirrhitus oxyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1858)
  • Amblycirrhitus pinos (Mowbray, 1927) (redspotted hawkfish)
  • Amblycirrhitus unimacula (Kamohara, 1957)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Amblycirrhitus in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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