WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835). Neuer Nachtrag von Beschreibungen und Abbildungen neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt. Museum Senckenbergianum. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte, von Mitgliedern der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main.</em> 2(1): 1-28, Pls. 1-3. [Date on cover is 1837, Heft. 1 (pp. 1-116) published Jan-Feb. 1836 [J. Soc. Nat. Hist., v. 1: 156]. Appeared first as a separate in 1835, pp. 1-28, Pls. 1-3.]. [details]
original description
(of Cheilinus rostratus Cartier, 1874) Cartier, O. (1874). Beschreibungen neuer Pharyngognathen. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fische des philippinischen Archipels. <em>Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-medizinischen Gesellschaft zu Würzburg, N. S.</em> v. 5: 96-106. page(s): 103 [details]
original description
(of Cheilinus mertensii 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]
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]
Ecologyecology 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
Unreviewed
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]
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chelinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cheilinus undulatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chelinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus undulates Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelinus mertensii Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelinus godeffroyi Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelinus rostratus Cartier, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus rostratus Cartier, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus mertensii Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase images (Cheilinus undulatus, Egypt, by Honeycutt, K.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (43203 nucleotides; 40481 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilinus undulatus FIN029438 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilinus undulatus FIN029440 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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