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Oxycheilinus

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Oxycheilinus
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Tribe: Cheilinini
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

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There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

Species Common name Image
Oxycheilinus arenatus

(Valenciennes, 1840)

Speckled maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus

(Valenciennes, 1840)

Two-spot maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus celebicus

(Bleeker, 1853)

Celebes maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus digramma

(Lacépède, 1801)

Cheek-lined maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus lineatus

J. E. Randall, Westneat & M. F. Gomon, 2003

Oxycheilinus mentalis

(Rüppell, 1828)

Mental maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus nigromarginatus

J. E. Randall, Westneat & M. F. Gomon, 2003

Black-margin maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus orientalis

(Günther, 1862)

Oriental maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus samurai

Y. Fukui, Muto & Motomura, 2016

Oxycheilinus unifasciatus

(Streets, 1877)

Ringtail maori wrasse

References

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  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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oxycheilinus". FishBase. October 2016 version.