Cheilodipterus

Cheilodipterus
Cheilodipterus artus
Cheilodipterus intermedius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Apogonidae
Subfamily:	Apogoninae
Genus:	Cheilodipterus Lacépède, 1801

Cheilodipterus is a genus of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Cheilodipterus alleni Gon, 1993 (Allen's cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin, 1789) (Tiger cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus artus J. L. B. Smith, 1961 (Wolf cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus intermedius Gon, 1993 (Intermediate cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus isostigmus (L. P. Schultz, 1940) (Dog-toothed cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus lachneri Klausewitz, 1959 (Aqaba cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacépède, 1802) (Large-toothed cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
• Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell, 1838) (Indian Ocean two-spot cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus octovittatus G. Cuvier, 1828
• Cheilodipterus parazonatus Gon, 1993 (Mimic cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus persicus Gon, 1993 (Persian cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus pygmaios Gon, 1993
• Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus G. Cuvier, 1828 (Five-lined cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus singapurensis Bleeker, 1860 (Truncated cardinalfish)
• Cheilodipterus subulatus M. C. W. Weber, 1909
• Cheilodipterus zonatus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (Yellowbelly cardinalfish)

References

1. Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014): Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.