Species that contain: Cheilodipterus and arabicus [ 4 ] records

arabica, Perca Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1312 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. New name for Perca lineata (non Linnaeus 1758) Forsskål 1775. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus caninus Smith 1949 -- (Dor 1984:117 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Cheilodipterus lineatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Gon 1993:27 [ref. 21133] [but Forsskål's name is preoccupied, arabicus should have been used as the valid name], Gon & Randall 2003:31 [ref. 26750]). •Valid as Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Randall 1995:162 [ref. 22896], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Fricke 2008:30 [ref. 30182], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Fricke et al. 2018:166 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:73 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:73 [ref. 36871], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:61 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:185 [ref. 39752], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:53 [ref. 40689]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin 1789). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania), Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles and Madagascar east to Pakistan. Habitat: marine.

caninus, Cheilodipterus Smith [J. L. B.] 1949:205, Pl. 22 (fig. 472) [The sea fishes of southern Africa; ref. 5846] Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 352. •Valid as Cheilodipterus caninus Smith 1949 -- (Dor 1984:116 [ref. 29757], Gon 1986:555 [ref. 5657], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Cheilodipterus lineatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Gon 1993:27 [ref. 21133] but Gon should have treated as a synonym of Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin 1789), Gon & Randall 2003:31 [ref. 26750]). •Synonym of Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:x [ref. 21953]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin 1789). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

lachneri, Cheilodipterus Klausewitz [W.] 1959:260, Fig. 11 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 40 (nos 5/6); ref. 12001] Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea, depth 2 meters. Holotype: SMF 4616. Paratypes: SMF 4713 (1). •Synonym of Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:x [ref. 21953], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426]). •Valid as Cheilodipterus lachneri Klausewitz 1959 -- (Dor 1984:117 [ref. 29757], Gon 1986:555 [ref. 5657], Paxton et al. 1989:552 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:31 [ref. 13251], Gon 1993:24 [ref. 21133], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356], Gon & Randall 2003:30 [ref. 26750], DiBattista et al. 2015:21 [ref. 35706], Golani & Fricke 2018:73 [ref. 36273], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:60 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:185 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus lachneri Klausewitz 1959. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

lineata, Perca Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:42 [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Apparently independent of Perca lineata Linnaeus 1758 and preoccupied by P. lineata Linnaeus; but Fricke 1999:233 [ref. 24106] disagrees and regards Perca lineata Forsskål as not independent of Linnaeus and therefore objectively invalid. Gon & Randall 2003:31 [ref. 26750] use Cheilodipterus lineatus and cite Art. 23.9.5 but this article requires a petition. Also in Bonnaterre 1788:127 [ref. 4940]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:30 [ref. 30182]. •Treated as valid as Cheilodipterus lineatus by Gon 1993:27 [ref. 21133] but through a misinterpretation of Art. 57h(i); the valid name for this taxon is Cheilodipterus arabicus Gmelin 1789. •Incorrectly valid as Cheilodipterus lineatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Gon & Randall 2003:31 [ref. 26750], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:187 [ref. 28072]). •Synonym of Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Randall 1995:162 [ref. 22896], Fricke 2008:30 [ref. 30182]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin 1789). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.