Cheilodipterus

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

Cheilodipterus
Cheilodipterus artus
Cheilodipterus intermedius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Cheilodipterus
Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Cheilodipterus lineatus
Lacepède, 1801[1]

Species

The 17 recognized species in this genus are:[2]

  • 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. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Cheilodipterus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. 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.


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