Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

Giant Hawkfish
Cirrhitus rivulatus
Giant Hawkfish
Category: Hawkfishes
Scientific Name: Cirrhitus rivulatus
Size: Up to 16 in. (40cm)  
Depth: 15-75 ft. (5-23 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Centrarchiformes (Order)
     └Cirrhitidae (Family) Hawkfishes
      └Cirrhitus (Genus)
       └C. rivulatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 279160🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97880🔗

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