Cheilinus
| Cheilinus Temporal range: 87–0 Ma
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| Humphead wrasse (C. undulatus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Cheilinus Lacépède, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801 | |
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Cheilinus is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.[2]
Species
The seven currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Cheilinus abudjubbe Rüppell, 1835
- Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791) (floral wrasse)
- Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) (red-breasted wrasse)
- Cheilinus lunulatus (Forsskål, 1775) (broomtail wrasse)
- Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853 (snooty wrasse)
- Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801 (tripletail wrasse)
- Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 (humphead wrasse)
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Cheilinus in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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