Cheilinus
| Cheilinus Temporal range: 87–0 Ma
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| Cheilinus undulatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Cheilinus Lacépède, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801 | |
Cheilinus is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
- Cheilinus abudjubbe Rüppell, 1835
- 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 quinquecinctus Rüppell, 1835 (White-barred wrasse) [3]
- Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801 (Triple-tail wrasse)
- Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 (Hump-head wrasse)
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 Daniel Pauly, 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.
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