Cheilinus is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
The white-barred wrasse (Cheilinus quinquecinctus)[3] is treated as a synonym of Cheilinus fasciatus by Fishbase.[4]
References
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^ Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002): A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera. Archived February 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Bulletins of American Paleontology, 363: 1-560.
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^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Cheilinus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
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^ Bogorodsky, S.V., Alpermann, T.J. & Mal, A.O. (2016): Redescription of Cheilinus quinquecinctus Rüppell, 1835 (Pisces: Perciformes: Labridae), a valid endemic Red Sea wrasse. Zootaxa, 4158 (4): 451–472.
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^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cheiliinus fasciatus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
