Cheilodipterus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| image = Cheilodipterus artus1.jpg
| image_caption = Cheilodipterus artus
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| image2_caption = Cheilodipterus intermedius
| taxon = Cheilodipterus
| authority = Lacépède, 1801
| type_species = Cheilodipterus lineatus
| type_species_authority = Lacepède, 1801{{Cof record|genid=500|title=Cheilodipterus|access-date=20 September 2018}}
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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 17 recognized species in this genus are:Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014): [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03846p203f.pdf Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters.] Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.
- Cheilodipterus alleni Gon, 1993 (Allen's cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin, 1789) (tiger cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus artus J. L. B. Smith, 1961 (wolf cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus intermedius Gon, 1993 (intermediate cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus isostigmus (L. P. Schultz, 1940) (dog-toothed cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus lachneri Klausewitz, 1959 (Aqaba cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacépède, 1802) (large-toothed cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
- Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell, 1838) (Indian Ocean two-spot cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus octovittatus G. Cuvier, 1828
- Cheilodipterus parazonatus Gon, 1993 (mimic cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus persicus Gon, 1993 (Persian cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus pygmaios Gon, 1993
- Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus G. Cuvier, 1828 (five-lined cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus singapurensis Bleeker, 1860 (truncated cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus subulatus M. C. W. Weber, 1909
- Cheilodipterus zonatus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (yellowbelly cardinalfish)
References
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Category:Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
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