Cheilinus

Cheilinus Temporal range: 87–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Cretaceous to Present^[1]

Humphead wrasse (C. undulatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Cheilinus Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801
Synonyms
Crassilabrus Swainson, 1839 Thalliurus Swainson, 1839 Urichthys Swainson, 1839

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)

A Cheilinus trilobatus.

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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