WoRMS taxon details
Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853
218947 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218947)
accepted
Species
Cheilinus calophthalmus Günther, 1867 · unaccepted
Cheilinus ketlitzii Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Cheilinus sanguineus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bleeker, P. (1854). Vierde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 5 (no. 3): 317-352. [details]
Description Found in lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 1 to over 40 m (Ref. 1602). A secretive species (Ref. 8631), rarely...
Description Found in lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 1 to over 40 m (Ref. 1602). A secretive species (Ref. 8631), rarely ventures more than a few centimeters from shelter (Ref. 1602). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218947 on 2025-07-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Bleeker, P. (1854). Vierde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 5 (no. 3): 317-352. [details]
original description (of Cheilinus ketlitzii Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Cheilinus sanguineus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Cheilinus calophthalmus Günther, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Cheilinus ketlitzii Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Cheilinus sanguineus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Cheilinus calophthalmus Günther, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 1 to over 40 m (Ref. 1602). A secretive species (Ref. 8631), rarely ventures more than a few centimeters from shelter (Ref. 1602). [details]
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus ketlitzii Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus calophthalmus Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus sanguineus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cheilinus oxycephalus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus calophthalmus Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus sanguineus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus ketlitzii Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase images (Cheilinus oxycephalus, Marquesas Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilinus oxycephalus FIN029424 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilinus oxycephalus USNM 431864 lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus ketlitzii Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus calophthalmus Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus sanguineus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cheilinus oxycephalus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus calophthalmus Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus sanguineus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus ketlitzii Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase images (Cheilinus oxycephalus, Marquesas Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilinus oxycephalus FIN029424 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilinus oxycephalus USNM 431864 lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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