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Genus of fishes
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:
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Oxycheilinus arenatus (
Valenciennes, 1840) (Speckled maori wrasse)
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Oxycheilinus bimaculatus (
Valenciennes, 1840) (Two-spot maori wrasse)
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Oxycheilinus celebicus (
Bleeker, 1853) (Celebes maori wrasse)
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Oxycheilinus digramma (
Lacépède, 1801) (Cheek-lined maori wrasse)
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Oxycheilinus lineatus
J. E. Randall,
Westneat &
M. F. Gomon, 2003
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Oxycheilinus mentalis (
Rüppell, 1828) (Mental maori wrasse)
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Oxycheilinus nigromarginatus
J. E. Randall,
Westneat &
M. F. Gomon, 2003 (Black-margin maori wrasse)
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Oxycheilinus orientalis (
Günther, 1862) (Oriental maori wrasse)
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Oxycheilinus samurai
Y. Fukui,
Muto &
Motomura, 2016
[3]
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Oxycheilinus unifasciatus (
Streets, 1877) (Ringtail maori wrasse)
References
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^
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.).
"Oxycheilinus".
Catalog of Fishes.
California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016).
Species of Oxycheilinus in
FishBase. October 2016 version.
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^ 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.