Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Centrarchiformes (Order)
└Cirrhitidae (Family)
└Cirrhitus (Genus)
└C. rivulatus (Species)
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