WoRMS taxon details
Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther, 1862)
278000 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278000)
accepted
Species
Cheilinus orientalis Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Cheilinus rhodochrous Günther, 1867 · unaccepted
Oxycheilinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1867) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cheilinus orientalis Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278000 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cheilinus orientalis Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Cheilinus rhodochrous 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]
original description (of Cheilinus rhodochrous 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]
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)
Tang Y.W. (1978) Sea Life Around Hong Kong v.9. Hong Kong Fish Marketing Organization, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Oxycheilinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus rhodochrous Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus orientalis Günther, 1862)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Oriental wrasse) (from synonym Oxycheilinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1867))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxycheilinus orientalis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Oxycheilinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1867))
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus orientalis Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus rhodochrous Günther, 1867)
To FishBase images (Oxycheilinus orientalis, Papua New Guinea, by Honeycutt, K.)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Cheilinus orientalis Günther, 1862)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Oxycheilinus orientalis FIN030189 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Oxycheilinus orientalis FIN030190 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Oxycheilinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus rhodochrous Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cheilinus orientalis Günther, 1862)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Oriental wrasse) (from synonym Oxycheilinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1867))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxycheilinus orientalis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Oxycheilinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1867))
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus orientalis Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilinus rhodochrous Günther, 1867)
To FishBase images (Oxycheilinus orientalis, Papua New Guinea, by Honeycutt, K.)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Cheilinus orientalis Günther, 1862)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Oxycheilinus orientalis FIN030189 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Oxycheilinus orientalis FIN030190 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
