Species that contain: Cheilodipterus and artus [ 2 ] records

artus, Cheilodipterus Smith [J. L. B.] 1961:409, Pl. 50 (fig. F) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 22; ref. 4128] Mahé, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 341. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 765-768 (4, 1, 1, 2). •Valid as Cheilodipterus artus Smith 1961 -- (Gon 1986:555 [ref. 5657], Allen & Swainston 1988:64 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:149 [ref. 15987], Gon 1993:15 [ref. 21133], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Allen 1997:100 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:149 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:131 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:753 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:217 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:102 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:753 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:67 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:198 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1100 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2010:49 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:111 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:375 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:258 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:70 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:43 [ref. 34429], Ranjith et al. 2015:55 [ref. 34723], Koeda et al. 2016:32 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:166 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:131 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:58 [ref. 36965], Zajonz et al. 2019:73 [ref. 36871] as cf. artus, Fujiwara et al. 2020:33 [ref. 38631], Yoshida in Motomura et al. 2021:23 [ref. 38121], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:6 [ref. 40448], Fraser et al. 2022:185 [ref. 39752], Allen & Erdmann 2024:399 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus artus Smith 1961. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania), Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

australis, Cheilodipterus lachneri Smith [J. L. B.] 1961:408, Pl. 50 (fig. B) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 22; ref. 4128] Inhaca Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 350. Paratypes: (9) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 361 (5), 612 (3), ?786 (3). •Synonym of Cheilodipterus artus Smith 1961 -- (Gon 1986:555 [ref. 5657], Gon 1993:15 [ref. 21133]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilodipterus artus Smith 1961. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.