Oxycheilinus
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Oxycheilinus
T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
Cheilinus arenatus
Valenciennes, 1840[1]

Oxycheilinus is a genus of fish in the family Labridae found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Oxycheilinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Oxycheilinus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  3. Fukui, Y., Muto, N. & Motomura, H. (2016): A new species of labrid fish Oxycheilinus samurai from the western Pacific Ocean. Ichthyological Research, 64 (2): 212-220.


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