Oxycheilinus
| Oxycheilinus | |
|---|---|
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| Two-spot wrasse (Oxycheilinus bimaculatus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Oxycheilinus T. N. Gill, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Cheilinus arenatus Valenciennes, 1840 | |
Oxycheilinus is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1]
Species
The 9 currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Oxycheilinus arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (speckled Maori wrasse)
- Oxycheilinus bimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (two-spot wrasse)
- Oxycheilinus celebicus (Bleeker, 1853) (Celebes wrasse)[2][3]
- Oxycheilinus digramma (Lacépède, 1801) (cheeklined wrasse)
- Oxycheilinus lineatus J. E. Randall, Westneat & M. F. Gomon, 2003
- Oxycheilinus mentalis (Rüppell, 1828) (mental wrasse)
- Oxycheilinus nigromarginatus J. E. Randall, Westneat & M. F. Gomon, 2003 (blackmargin Maori wrasse)
- Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther, 1862) (oriental Maori wrasse)[2]
- Oxycheilinus unifasciatus (Streets, 1877) (ringtail Maori wrasse)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Oxycheilinus in FishBase. August 2013 version.
- 1 2 Bos, A.R. (2012). "Fishes (Gobiidae and Labridae) associated with the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) in the Philippines". Coral Reefs 31 (1): 133. doi:10.1007/s00338-011-0834-3.
- ↑ Bos, A.R. & B.W. Hoeksema (2015). "Cryptobenthic fishes and co-inhabiting shrimps associated with the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis (Fungiidae) in the Davao Gulf, Philippines". Environmental Biology of Fishes 98 (6): 1479–1489. doi:10.1007/s10641-014-0374-0.
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