WoRMS taxon details
Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835
AphiaID: 218945
AphiaID: 218945
| 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 undulates Rüppell, 1835 (misspelling) Chelinus godeffroyi Günther, 1872 Chelinus mertensii Valenciennes, 1840 Chelinus rostratus Cartier, 1874 Chelinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 (misspelling) | ||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Djibouti [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Hatschekia napoleoni Jones J.B. & Cabral, 1990 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (126 nucleotides; 37 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits steep outer reef slopes, channel slopes, and on lagoon reefs from 2 to at least 60 m (Ref. 1602). Usually solitary but may occur in pairs (Ref. 1602). Juveniles are encountered in coral-rich areas of lagoon reefs, where staghorn @Acropora@ corals abound (Ref. 1602). Primary food are molluscs, fishes, sea urchins, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. One of the few predators of toxic animals such as sea hares, boxfishes and crown- of- thorns starfish (Ref. 1602). [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218945 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835. 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=218945 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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