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Genera in the family or subfamily Cheilininae: [ 8 ] records

Cheilinus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:529 Masc. Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bonaparte 1841:puntata 156, fasc. 30 [ref. 512]. Cheilinas and Chilinus are early misspellings. •Valid as Cheilinus Lacepède 1801 -- (Richards & Leis 1984:544 [ref. 13668], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:688 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2000:8 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3384 [ref. 26277], Allen et al. 2006:1376 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:172 [ref. 35285], Bogorodsky et al. 2016:451 [ref. 34697], Motomura et al. 2017:181 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:278 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:122 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:224 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Cheilinus Lacepède 1801. Labridae: Cheilininae.

Concholabrus Near [T. J.], Brownstein [C. D.], Thacker [C. E.] & Wainwright [P. C.] 2025:291 Masc. Sparus fasciatus Bloch 1791. Type by original designation. •Valid as Concholabrus Near, Brownstein, Thacker & Wainwright 2025. •Synonym of Cheilinus Lacepède 1801 -- (following status of type species). Current status: Synonym of Cheilinus Lacepède 1801. Labridae: Cheilininae.

Crassilabrus (subgenus of Zyrichthys) Swainson [W.] 1839:172, 225 Masc. Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell 1835. Type by monotypy. Subgenus should have been spelled Xyrichtys. •Synonym of Cheilinus Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:8 [ref. 24943]). •Valid as Crassilabrus Swainson 1839 -- (Near et al. 2025:291 [ref. 42466]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilinus Lacepède 1801. Labridae: Cheilininae.

Epibulus Cuvier [G.] 1815:111 Masc. Sparus insidiator Pallas 1770. Type by monotypy. Apparently can date to Cuvier 1815 as "...le sparus insidiator que je détache du genre sparus pour le reporter sous le nom d'epibulus, vers la famille naturelle des labres..." •Valid as Epibulus Cuvier 1815 -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:693 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3383 [ref. 26277], Allen et al. 2006:1388 [ref. 29095], Carlson et al. 2008:476 [ref. 29634], Kuiter 2010:170 [ref. 35285], Parenti & Randall 2011:33 [ref. 31299], Fricke et al. 2018:282 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:124 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:227 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Epibulus Cuvier 1815. Labridae: Cheilininae.

Oxycheilinus Gill [T. N.] 1862:143 Masc. Cheilinus arenatus Valenciennes 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type designated by Gill's style of one species in parentheses in key. •Synonym of Cheilinus Lacepéde 1801 -- (authors). •Valid as Oxycheilinus Gill 1862 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:32 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3384 [ref. 26277], Randall et al. 2003:361 [ref. 27177], Allen et al. 2006:1403 [ref. 29095], Parenti & Randall 2011:36 [ref. 31299], Fukui et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 35080], Motomura et al. 2017:185 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:289 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Parenti & Randall 2018:19 [ref. 35964], Fricke et al. 2019:235 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Oxycheilinus Gill 1862. Labridae: Cheilininae.

Thalliurus (subgenus of Crenilabrus) Swainson [W.] 1839:230 Masc. Thalliurus blochii Swainson 1839. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Cheilinus Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:8 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilinus Lacepède 1801. Labridae: Cheilininae.

Urichthys (subgenus of Zyrichthys) Swainson [W.] 1839:172, 224 Masc. Labrus lunulatus Forsskål 1775. Type by subsequent designation. Spelled Uricthys on p. 172. Subgenus should have been spelled Xyrichtys. Type designated by Swain 1882:274 [ref. 5966]. •Synonym of Cheilinus Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:8 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilinus Lacepède 1801. Labridae: Cheilininae.

Wetmorella Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:211 Fem. Wetmorella philippina Fowler & Bean 1928. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Wetmorella Fowler & Bean 1928 -- (Randall 1983 [ref. 5360], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441], Parenti & Randall 2000:47 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3383 [ref. 26277], Allen et al. 2006:1416 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:168 [ref. 35285], Parenti & Randall 2011:36 [ref. 31299], Fricke et al. 2018:295 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:130 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:240 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Wetmorella Fowler & Bean 1928. Labridae: Cheilininae.