Cheilodipterus arabicus

Cheilodipterus arabicus is a species of ray-finned fish from the cardinalfish family Apogonidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea where it is relatively common, occurring in small shoals living in association with reefs.[1]

Cheilodipterus arabicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Cheilodipterus
Species:
C. arabicus
Binomial name
Cheilodipterus arabicus
(Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Perca arabica Gmelin, 1789
  • Centropomus arabicus (Gmelin, 1789)
  • Perca lineata Forsskål, 1775
  • Cheilodipterus lineatus (Forsskål, 1775)
  • Cheilodipterus caninus J.L.B Smith, 1949

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Cheilodipterus arabicus" in FishBase. April 2018 version.
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