Cirrhitus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:2 Masc. Cirrhitus maculatus Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. Spelled Cirrhite and especially Cirrhites in early literature. •Valid as Cirrhitus Lacepède 1803 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:665 [ref. 5706], Donaldson 1986:624 [ref. 6317], Randall 2001:5 [ref. 25616], Randall 2001:3322 [ref. 26128], Allen et al. 2006:1345 [ref. 29090], Gaither & Randall 2012:220 [ref. 32260], Roberts 2015:1337 [ref. 34193], Fricke et al. 2018:248 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:118 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:202 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitus Lacepède 1803. Cirrhitidae.