WoRMS taxon details
Cheilodipterus artus Smith, 1961
209377 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209377)
accepted
Species
Cheilodipterus lachneri australis Smith, 1961 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the family Apogonidae of the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 22: 373-418, Pls. 46-52. [details]
Type locality contained in Mahe Island
, Note Mahé, Seychelles.
type locality contained in Mahe Island [details]
Unreviewed
type locality Mahé, Seychelles. [details]
Description Occurs in sheltered bays and lagoon patch reefs from 5 to at least 20 m, forming small, loose aggregates in mid-waters...
Description Occurs in sheltered bays and lagoon patch reefs from 5 to at least 20 m, forming small, loose aggregates in mid-waters caves or just above branches of certain corals (Ref. 1602). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cheilodipterus artus Smith, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209377 on 2025-07-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the family Apogonidae of the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 22: 373-418, Pls. 46-52. [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]
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
context source (HKRMS)
Cornish, A. S. (2000). Fish assemblages associated with shallow, fringing coral communities in sub-tropical Hong Kong: species composition, spatial and temporal patterns. <em>PhD thesis, The Univeristy Of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in sheltered bays and lagoon patch reefs from 5 to at least 20 m, forming small, loose aggregates in mid-waters caves or just above branches of certain corals (Ref. 1602). [details]type locality Mahé, Seychelles. [details]
To Barcode of Life (44 barcodes)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cheilodipterus artus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilodipterus lachneri australis Smith, 1961)
To FishBase images (Cheilodipterus artus, Papua New Guinea, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (131 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilodipterus artus FIN026567 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilodipterus artus FIN026567B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cheilodipterus artus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilodipterus lachneri australis Smith, 1961)
To FishBase images (Cheilodipterus artus, Papua New Guinea, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (131 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilodipterus artus FIN026567 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilodipterus artus FIN026567B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
