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Species in the family or subfamily Cheilodactylidae: [ 4 ] records

fasciatus, Cheilodactylus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:5, 6, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Holotype (unique): RMNH 2759 (dry). Castelnau material: MNHN A-0169 (1, dry) Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:10 [ref. 15502], Russell & van Oijen 2021:429 [ref. 38177]. •Valid as Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacepède 1803 -- (Smith 1980:5 [ref. 6907], Smith 1986:667 [ref. 5712], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:165 [ref. 25472], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:323 [ref. 28072], Kimura et al. 2018:66 [ref. 36401], Ludt et al. 2019:127 [ref. 36635], Russell & van Oijen 2021:429 [ref. 38177], Heemstra 2022:83 [ref. 39885]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacepède 1803. Cheilodactylidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia; Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: marine.

indicus, Trichopterus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:162 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] India. Holotype: BMNH 1853.11.12.25 (skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:227 [ref. 13434]. •Synonym of Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacepède 1803 -- (Wheeler 1958:227 [ref. 13434]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacepède 1803. Cheilodactylidae. Habitat: marine.

multiradiatus, Cheilodactylus Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:12 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown, not at MNHN. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:29 [ref. 15502]. •Synonym of Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacepède 1803 -- (Smith 1980:5 [ref. 6907], Smith 1986:667 [ref. 5712], Heemstra 2022:83 [ref. 39885]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacepède 1803. Cheilodactylidae. Habitat: marine.

pixi, Cheilodactylus Smith [M. M.] 1980:2, Pl. 1 (figs. A-B) [Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology No. 42; ref. 6907] Off Kowie River mouth, South Africa, depth 60 meters. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 702. Paratypes: AMS 121415-001 [ex RUSI 970] (1); BMNH 1980.3.26.1 (1); CAS 45331 (1); MNHN 1980-1097 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 703 (1), 970 (9), 8399 (1), 8400 (1); SAM 28936-37 (1, 1); USNM 221144 (1); WAM P.26839-001 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:10 [ref. 15502], Hutchins & Smith 1991:32 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:35 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Cheilodactylus pixi Smith 1980 -- (Smith 1986:667 [ref. 5712], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:323 [ref. 28072], Kimura et al. 2018:66 [ref. 36401], Ludt et al. 2019:127 [ref. 36635], Heemstra 2022:83 [ref. 39885]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodactylus pixi Smith 1980. Cheilodactylidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia; Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: marine.