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Redbarred Hawkfish

Cirrhitops fasciatus

Classification

The redbarred hawkfish ( Cirrhitops fasciatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a hawkfish belonging to the family Cirrhitidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy The redbarred hawkfish was first formally described in 1828 as Cirrhites fasciatus by the English naturalist Edward Turner Bennett with the type locality given as the Hawaiian Islands.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 216