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Oxycheilinus Gill, 1862

AphiaID

205227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205227)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cheilininae Bleeker, 1862

Original name

Oxycheilinus Gill, 1862

Direct children (16)

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Species Oxycheilinus arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Species Oxycheilinus bimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Species Oxycheilinus celebicus (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Oxycheilinus digramma (Lacepède, 1801)
Species Oxycheilinus lineatus Randall, Westneat & Gomon, 2003
Species Oxycheilinus mentalis (Rüppell, 1828)
Species Oxycheilinus nigromarginatus Randall, Westneat & Gomon, 2003
Species Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther, 1862)
Species Oxycheilinus samurai Fukui, Muto & Motomura, 2016
Species Oxycheilinus unifasciatus (Streets, 1877)
Species Oxycheilinus diagramma (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Oxycheilinus digramma (Lacepède, 1801) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Oxycheilinus diagrammus (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Oxycheilinus digramma (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
Species Oxycheilinus digrammus (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Oxycheilinus digramma (Lacepède, 1801)
Species Oxycheilinus notophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Oxycheilinus arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Species Oxycheilinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1867) accepted as Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther, 1862)
Species Oxycheilinus unifasciata (Streets, 1877) accepted as Oxycheilinus unifasciatus (Streets, 1877) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Oxycheilinus Gill, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205227 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-10-24 04:45:58Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]