Cheilinus
| Cheilinus | |
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| Cheilinus undulatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Cheilinus Lacép��de, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801
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Cheilinus is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]
Species[]
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
- Cheilinus abudjubbe Rüppell, 1835 (Abdujubbes wrasse)
- Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791) (Floral wrasse)
- Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) (Red-breasted wrasse)
- Cheilinus lunulatus (Forsskål, 1775) (Broom-tail wrasse)
- Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853 (Snooty wrasse)
- Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801 (Triple-tail wrasse)
- Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 (Hump-head wrasse)
The white-barred wrasse (Cheilinus quinquecinctus)[3] is treated as a synonym of Cheilinus fasciatus by Fishbase.[4]
References[]
- ^ Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002): A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera. Archived February 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Bulletins of American Paleontology, 363: 1-560.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Cheilinus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
- ^ Bogorodsky, S.V., Alpermann, T.J. & Mal, A.O. (2016): Redescription of Cheilinus quinquecinctus Rüppell, 1835 (Pisces: Perciformes: Labridae), a valid endemic Red Sea wrasse. Zootaxa, 4158 (4): 451–472.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cheiliinus fasciatus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
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- Cheilinus
- Labridae
- Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
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