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Cheilinus lunulatus (Forsskål, 1775) 
AphiaID: 218942

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		  Labrus lunulatus Forsskål, 1775
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 broomtail wrasse  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Occurs on coral reefs and adjacent rubble, sand and seagrass habitats (typically along the edges of coral rich fringing reef slopes, Ref. 9710). Feeds mainly on hard-shelled invertebrates , especially molluscs (Ref. 5374). [details]
Image 
Cheilinus lunulatus
Cheilinus lunulatus
added on 2008-11-07 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218942
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-07-02 14:59:38Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cheilinus lunulatus (Forsskål, 1775). 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=218942 on 2013-05-25
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