Species that contain: Cheilodipterus and lachneri [ 2 ] records

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.

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.