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Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) 
AphiaID: 218940

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Cheilininae (Subfamily) > Cheilinus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cheilinus Lacepède, 1802
Synonymised
taxa
  Cheilinus fasciatus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791)
Cheilinus quinquecinctus Rüppell, 1835
Labrus enneacanthus Lacepède, 1801
Sparus bandatus Perry, 1810
Sparus fasciatus Bloch, 1791
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English redbreasted wrasse  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Cheilinus fasciatus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) accepted as Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
East Africa [details]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Occurs on corals reefs and in sandy areas near reefs. Feeds mainly on benthic, hard-shelled invertebrates, including molluscs, crustaceans and sea urchins (Ref. 5374). [details]
Image 
Cheilinus fasciatus
Cheilinus fasciatus
added on 2008-11-07 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218940
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218940 on 2013-05-24
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