''Cheilinus'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Labridae native to the
Indian and
Pacific Ocean
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.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Cheilinus abudjubbe''
Rüppell, 1835 (Abdujubbes wrasse)
* ''
Cheilinus chlorourus''
(Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:
A–F
* (1859-1914), French rabbi
* Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur
* Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
* (born 1972), German motor jour ...
, 1791) (Floral wrasse)
* ''
Cheilinus fasciatus''
(Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:
A–F
* (1859-1914), French rabbi
* Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur
* Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
* (born 1972), German motor jour ...
, 1791) (Red-breasted wrasse)
* ''
Cheilinus lunulatus''
( Forsskål, 1775) (Broom-tail wrasse)
* ''
Cheilinus oxycephalus''
Bleeker, 1853 (Snooty wrasse)
* ''
Cheilinus trilobatus''
Lacépède, 1801 (Triple-tail wrasse)
* ''
Cheilinus undulatus''
Rüppell, 1835 (Hump-head wrasse)
The white-barred wrasse (''
Cheilinus quinquecinctus'')
[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.''] is treated as a
synonym
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of ''Cheilinus fasciatus'' by
Fishbase
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References
Labridae
Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
Marine fish genera
Extant Coniacian first appearances
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