Hawkfish | |
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Stocky hawkfish, Cirrhitus pinnulatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Eupercaria |
Order: | Centrarchiformes |
Suborder: | Cirrhitoidei |
Family: | Cirrhitidae W. S. Macleay, 1841[1] |
Genera | |
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Cirrhitidae, the hawkfishes, are a family of marine ray-finned fishes found in tropical seas and which are associated with coral reefs.