Cheilinus

Cheilinus is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]

Cheilinus Temporal range: 87–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Cretaceous to Present[1]
Cheilinus undulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Cheilinus Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801

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

1. 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.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Cheilinus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
3. 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.
4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Cheiliinus fasciatus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.