Jump to content

Cheilodipterus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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

Species

[edit]

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

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (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.