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.