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Cheilio inermis (Forsskål, 1775) 
AphiaID: 218948

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Corinae (Subfamily) > Cheilio (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cheilio Lacepède, 1802
Synonymised
taxa
  Cheilio auratus Lacepède, 1802
Cheilio bicolor Bianconi, 1857
Cheilio cyanochloris Valenciennes, 1839
Cheilio cyano-chloris Valenciennes, 1839 (misspelling)
Cheilio forskalii Valenciennes, 1839
Cheilio fuscus Lacepède, 1802
Cheilio hemichrysos Valenciennes, 1839
Cheilio innermis (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling)
Cheilio microstoma Valenciennes, 1839
Cheilio ramosus Jenyns, 1842
Cheilio udanad Montrouzier, 1857
Cheilio viridis Valenciennes, 1839
Cheilo inermis (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling)
Labrus fusiformis Rüppell, 1835
Labrus hassek Lacepède, 1801
Labrus inermis 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 cigar wrasse  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
Djibouti [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Inhabits seagrass beds and algal-covered flats, occasionally in lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 30 m (Ref. 1602). Mostly solitary in habit . Feeds mainly on crustaceans and other hard-shelled prey. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218948
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). Cheilio inermis (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=218948 on 2013-05-20
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