Cheilodipterus

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

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

The 19 recognized species in this genus are:

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cheilodipterus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cheilodipterus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
  3. ↑ 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3846 (2): 151–203. Bibcode:2014Zoot.38466.2.1M. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.1. PMID 25112246.