After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Cirrhitidae (Hawkfishes; haukkakalat) [N: 9/32] [FB: 9/27]
   |--o Amblycirrhitus [5]
   |  |-- A. bimacula (Jenkins, 1903) (Twospot hawkfish)
   |  |-- A. earnshawi Lubbock, 1978
   |  |-- A. pinos (Mowbray, 1927) (Redspotted hawkfish)
   |  |-- A. unimacula (Kamohara, 1957)
   |  `-- A. wilhelmi (Lavenberg & Yañez, 1972)
   |--o Cirrhitichthys [6]
   |  |-- C. aprinus (Cuvier, 1829) (Spotted hawkfish)
   |  |-- C. aureus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Yellow hawkfish)
   |  |-- C. calliurus Regan, 1905 (Spottedtail hawkfish)
   |  |-- C. falco Randall, 1963 (Dwarf hawkfish)
   |  |-- C. guichenoti (Sauvage, 1880)
   |  `-- C. oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (Coral hawkfish)
   |--o Cirrhitops
   |  |-- C. fasciatus (Bennett, 1828) (Redbarred hawkfish)
   |  `-- C. hubbardi (Schultz, 1943)
   |--o Cirrhitus
   |  |-- C. atlanticus Osório, 1893 (West African hawkfish)
   |  |-- C. pinnulatus (Forster, 1801) (Stocky hawkfish)
   |  |-- C. punctatus Cuvier, 1829 (Blackspotted hawkfish)
   |  |-- C. rivulatus Valenciennes, 1846 (Giant hawkfish)
   |  `-- C. splendens (Ogilby, 1889) (Splendid hawkfish)
   |-- Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker, 1874) (Swallowtail hawkfish)
   |-- Isocirrhitus sexfasciatus (Schultz, 1960) (Six-banded hawkfish)
   |-- Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau, 1873 (Flame hawkfish)
   |-- Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker, 1857 (Longnose hawkfish)
   `--o Paracirrhites [5]
      |-- P. arcatus (Cuvier, 1829) (Arc-eye hawkfish)
      |-- P. forsteri (Schneider, 1801) (Blackside hawkfish)
      |-- P. hemistictus (Günther, 1874) (Whitespot hawkfish)
      |-- P. nisus Randall, 1963
      `-- P. xanthus Randall, 1963

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