WoRMS taxon details
Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801
218944 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218944)
accepted
Species
Cheilinus fasciatopunctatus Steindachner, 1863 · unaccepted
Cheilinus fasciato-punctatus Steindachner, 1863 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cheilinus festivus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Cheilinus maculosus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Cheilinus nebulosus Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted
Cheilinus pulchellus Sauvage, 1880 · unaccepted
Cheilinus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Cheilinus sinuosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted
Cheilinus tetrazona Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted
Cheilinus trilobus Schinz, 1822 · unaccepted
Chelinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]
Note Type species of genus. Year of description...
Unreviewed
Type species Type species of genus. Year of description given as 1802 in <127>. [details]
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 1 to over 30 m, and relatively common along shallow reef margins (Ref....
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 1 to over 30 m, and relatively common along shallow reef margins (Ref. 1602). Usually solitary (Ref. 5213). Feeds mainly on shelled benthic invertebrates such as molluscs and crustaceans, but occasionally takes fishes (Ref. 1602). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218944 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]
original description (of Cheilinus festivus 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 maculosus 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 tetrazona Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Tiental V-X. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> 4 (2): 243-302. [details]
original description (of Cheilinus rivulatus 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]
original description (of Cheilinus festivus 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 maculosus 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 tetrazona Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Tiental V-X. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> 4 (2): 243-302. [details]
original description (of Cheilinus rivulatus 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]
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)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [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 lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 1 to over 30 m, and relatively common along shallow reef margins (Ref. 1602). Usually solitary (Ref. 5213). Feeds mainly on shelled benthic invertebrates such as molluscs and crustaceans, but occasionally takes fishes (Ref. 1602). [details]Type species Type species of genus. Year of description given as 1802 in <127>. [details]
To Barcode of Life (68 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cheilinus trilobus Schinz, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus tetrazona Bleeker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus pulchellus Sauvage, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus sinuosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus maculosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus festivus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus nebulosus Richardson, 1846)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cheilinus trilobatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus trilobus Schinz, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus festivus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus sinuosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus tetrazona Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus nebulosus Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus maculosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus fasciatopunctatus Steindachner, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus fasciato-punctatus Steindachner, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus pulchellus Sauvage, 1880)
To FishBase images (Cheilinus trilobatus, Maldives, by Greenfield, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (76 nucleotides; 83 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilinus trilobatus FIN029429 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilinus trilobatus FIN029430 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cheilinus trilobus Schinz, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus tetrazona Bleeker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus pulchellus Sauvage, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus sinuosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus maculosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus festivus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus nebulosus Richardson, 1846)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cheilinus trilobatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Chelinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus trilobus Schinz, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus festivus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus sinuosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus tetrazona Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus nebulosus Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus maculosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus fasciatopunctatus Steindachner, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus fasciato-punctatus Steindachner, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus pulchellus Sauvage, 1880)
To FishBase images (Cheilinus trilobatus, Maldives, by Greenfield, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (76 nucleotides; 83 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilinus trilobatus FIN029429 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cheilinus trilobatus FIN029430 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
