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Species in the genus Cheilodipterus: [ 28 ] records

alleni, Cheilodipterus Gon [O.] 1993:10, Pl. 4 (fig. A); Figs. 3A, 4 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 22; ref. 21133] Outer reef caves, Tab Island, Madang, Papua New Guinea, depth 12-17 meters. Holotype: WAM P.30364-006. Paratypes: BMNH 1993.10.26.1 (1); USNM 326643 (1); WAM P.30340-002 (1), P.30361-001 (2). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:26 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Cheilodipterus alleni Gon 1993 -- (Allen 1997:106 [ref. 23977], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Allen & Erdmann 2012:375 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:70 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Ranjith et al. 2015:57 [ref. 34723], Fricke et al. 2019:131 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:53 [ref. 36965], Allen & Erdmann 2024:399 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus alleni Gon 1993. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia) east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

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], Eagderi et al. 2026:33 [ref. 42824], Golani & Fricke 2026:46 [ref. 42831]). 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. IUCN (2026): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.

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], Yoshida in Koeda & Ho 2019:691 [ref. 42208], 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.

bipunctata, Paramia Lachner [E. A.] 1951:604, Pl. 18D [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 101 (no. 3290); ref. 10027] Tarut Bay, Ras Tanura, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Holotype: USNM 147944. Paratypes: USNM 112039 (2). •Valid as Cheilodipterus bipunctatus (Lachner 1951) -- (Dor 1984:116 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell 1838) -- (Gon 1993:35 [ref. 21133], Randall 1995:163 [ref. 22896], Gon & Randall 2003:32 [ref. 26750], Golani & Fricke 2018:73 [ref. 36273], Fraser et al. 2022:186 [ref. 39752], Golani & Fricke 2026:47 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell 1838). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. 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.

heptazona, Cheilodipterus Bleeker [P.] 1849:29 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [13]; ref. 318] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH (largest of 9). Appeared first without distinguishing features in Bleeker 1845:526 [ref. 312]. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802) -- (Gon 1993:30 [ref. 21133], T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000). •Valid as Cheilodipterus heptazona Bleeker 1849 -- (Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:54 [ref. 36965]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus heptazona Bleeker 1849. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Papua New Guinea, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

intermedius, Cheilodipterus Gon [O.] 1993:19, Pl. 1 (fig. B); Figs. 3A, 8 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 22; ref. 21133] Fringing reef edge, east side of Marine lab, Sesoko-jima Island, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 3 meters. Holotype: BPBM 34628. Paratypes: ANSP 123412 (3), 168609 (2); BPBM 22284 (2), 34626 (2); CAS 73448 (2), 76127 (2); WAM P.27824-072 (2). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:26 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Cheilodipterus intermedius Gon 1993 -- (Allen 1997:106 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:131 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1100 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2010:50 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:111 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:376 [ref. 31980], 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], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:56 [ref. 36965], Wada et al. 2021:40 [ref. 38521], Allen & Erdmann 2024:400 [ref. 40796], Koreeda et al. 2025:17 [ref. 42717], Yoshida et al. 2025:31 [ref. 42063]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus intermedius Gon 1993. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, north to Vietnam and Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Great Barrier Reef/Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

isostigma, Cheilodipterops Schultz [L. P.] 1940:413, Fig. 20b [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 88 (no. 3085); ref. 3952] New Guinea. Holotype (unique): USNM 30657. The specific epithet is a noun. •Valid as Cheilodipterus isostigmus (Schultz 1940) -- (Gon 1993:23 [ref. 21133], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Myers 1999:131 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:67 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:198 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1100 [ref. 29004], Allen & Erdmann 2012:376 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:70 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Allen & Erdmann 2024:400 [ref. 40796]). •Valid as Cheilodipterus isostigma (Schultz 1940) -- (Kuiter 1997:138 [ref. 25488], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:63 [ref. 36965], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:155 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus isostigma (Schultz 1940). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands, north to Philippines, south to Papua New Guinea. 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], Golani & Fricke 2026:46 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus lachneri Klausewitz 1959. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. IUCN (2022): Least Concern. 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], Golani & Fricke 2026:46 [ref. 42831]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Cheilodipterus arabicus (Gmelin 1789). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

lineatus, Cheilodipterus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:540, 543, Pl. 34 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Commerson material: MNHN 0000-9143 (skin). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:95 [ref. 12478] -- based on a drawing (and not the Commerson specimen). Secondarily preoccupied in Cheilodipterus by Perca lineatus (Forsskål 1775); but see Fricke 1999:233 [ref. 24106]. Genus misspelled Chelodipterus on p. 543. Considered by authors as a secondary homonym of Perca lineata of Forsskål 1775, which is, however, not a species independent from Perca lineata Linnaeus 1758 but a misidentification (see Fricke 1999:233 [ref. 24106], Fricke 2008:30 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:51 [30213]). Though Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801 would be the valid senior synonym, most authors are using Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802) as valid. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802) -- (Gon 1993:30 [ref. 21133], T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000, Gon & Randall 2003:32 [ref. 26750]). •Valid as Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801 -- (Gon 1986:555 [ref. 5657], Allen & Swainston 1988:64 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:552 [ref. 12442], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:232 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2009:51 [ref. 30213], Caratini & Soriano 2011:7 [ref. 39915] as linéatus, Fricke et al. 2014:70 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2015:43 [ref. 34429], Fricke et al. 2019:131 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:55 [ref. 36965], Eagderi et al. 2026:33 [ref. 42824]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island, Tonga and Rapa. Habitat: marine.

macrodon, Centropomus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:252, 273 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean, or Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9143 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:95 [ref. 12478]. Based on drawing in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). See also Gon 1993:33 [ref. 21133]. See Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801 for discussion on synonymy and usage. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801 -- (Fricke 1999:232 [ref. 24106], Allen et al. 2006:1100 [ref. 29004], Fricke et al. 2009:51 [ref. 30213]). •Valid as Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802) -- (Herre 1931:10 [ref. 43175], Dor 1984:117 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:144 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:31 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:149 [ref. 15987], Gon 1993:30 [ref. 21133], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Kuiter 1993:162 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:160 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:x [ref. 21953], Randall 1995:163 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:259 [ref. 27969] in Chelidopterus, Allen 1997:100 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:152 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:55 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:136 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:149 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:131 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Randall 1999:14 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:753 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:217 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:753 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:32 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624] dated 1801, Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3320 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:186 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:199 [ref. 28239], Shibukawa 2009:109 [ref. 30449], Yoshida et al. 2010:50 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:111 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:376 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32988], 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], Golani & Fricke 2018:73 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:161 [ref. 40104], Eagderi et al. 2019:36 [ref. 37020] as Cheliodipterus macrodon, Yoshida in Koeda & Ho 2019:692 [ref. 42208], Zajonz et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36871], Fraser et al. 2022:186 [ref. 39752], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:155 [ref. 41223], Sandra et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 39181], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:54 [ref. 40689], Allen & Erdmann 2024:400 [ref. 40796], Eagderi et al. 2026:33 [ref. 42824], Golani & Fricke 2026:46 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia). IUCN (2024): Least Concern, as Cheilodiüpterus lineatus. Habitat: marine.

melanurus, Apogon Bleeker [P.] (ex Castelnau) 1860:454 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 20 (no. 3); ref. 14028] Singapore. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Based on a color painting in the Zoological Museum, University of Liège (see Russell et al. 2010:95 [ref. 30735]). •Status uncertain -- (T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000). •Status uncertain, possible a poor representation of Cheilodipterus. macrodon (Lacepède 1802) -- (Russell et al. 2010:95 [ref. 30735]). Current status: Uncertain as Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802). Apogonidae: Apogoninae.

nigrotaeniatus, Cheilodipterus Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1912:442, Pl. 37 (fig. 3) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 41 (no. 1868); ref. 3576] Coral reefs on northeastern shore of Sacol Island, east of Zamboanga, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 70252. Paratypes: (3). •Valid as Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus Smith & Radcliffe 1912 -- (Gon 1993:34 [ref. 21133], Allen 1997:106 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:138 [ref. 25488], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:377 [ref. 31980], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:65 [ref. 36965], Allen & Erdmann 2024:401 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus Smith & Radcliffe 1912. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: central Indonesia to Philippines. Habitat: marine.

novemstriatus, Apogon Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838:85, Pl. 22 (fig. 1) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): lost. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus bipunctatus (Lachner 1951) -- (Dor 1984:116 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier 1828 -- (Gon 1993:49 [ref. 21133]). •Valid as Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell 1838) -- (Gon 1993:35 [ref. 21133], Randall 1995:163 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:152 [ref. 23922], Gon & Randall 2003:32 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Goren et al. 2010:S49 [ref. 38764], Bariche & Azzurro 2012:299 [ref. 41387], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Irmak & Engin 2015:186 [ref. 33909], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:73 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36871], Eagderi et al. 2019:36 [ref. 37020] as Cheliodipterus n., Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:64 [ref. 36965], Bariche & Fricke 2020:123 [ref. 37515], Golani 2021:45 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:66 [ref. 39014], Fraser et al. 2022:186 [ref. 39752], Gülşahin & Yapici in Langeneck et al. 2023:623 [ref. 40699], Kondylatos in Christidis et al. 2024:460 [ref. 41373], Golani 2025:152 [ref. 42002], Eagderi et al. 2026:33 [ref. 42824], Golani & Fricke 2026:47 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell 1838). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Socotra (Yemen) east to Persian Gulf; eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea migrant). IUCN (2015): Least Concern, Persian Gulf assessment. Habitat: marine.

octolineata, Paramia Bleeker [P.] 1872:no p., Pl. 305 (fig. 2) [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 7; ref. 4861] No locality, presumeably Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5617. Available from plate published in 1872 with name as above; corresponding text p. 105 appeared in 1876 where Bleeker placed octolineata in the synonymy of Paramia macrodon Bleeker. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802) -- (Gon 1993:30 [ref. 21133], T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000, Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

octovittatus, Cheilodipterus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:163 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-9143 (skin). Possible types: MNHN 0000-9145 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:64 [ref. 12478]. Replacement name for Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801 -- (Dor 1984:117 [ref. 29757], Fricke 1999:232 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802) -- (Gon 1993:30 [ref. 21133]). •Valid as Cheilodipterus octovittatus Cuvier 1828 -- (T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000, Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Eagderi et al. 2026:33 [ref. 42824]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus octovittatus Cuvier 1828. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

parazonatus, Cheilodipterus Gon [O.] 1993:37, Pl. 5 (fig. C); Fig. 15 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 22; ref. 21133] Lagoon of Kranket Island, Madang, Papua New Guinea, depth 2-3 meters. Holotype: BPBM 15772. Paratypes: AMS I.17539-001 (4), I.17542-001 (4), I.19108-065 (1), I.22141-001 (1); ANSP 123357 (2), 123358 (1); BPBM 35434 (1); USNM 289851 (5); WAM P.24717-001 (2). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:26 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Cheilodipterus parazonatus Gon 1993 -- (Allen 1997:106 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:150 [ref. 25919], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Allen et al. 2006:1101 [ref. 29004], Allen & Erdmann 2012:377 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:70 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Fricke et al. 2019:131 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:65 [ref. 36965], Allen & Erdmann 2024:401 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus parazonatus Gon 1993. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

persicus, Cheilodipterus Gon [O.] 1993:41, Pls. 3 (A), 5 (D); Fig. 16 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 22; ref. 21133] Patch reef, 4 miles east of Sidra Island, Bahrain, Persian Gulf, depth 2-3 meters. Holotype: BPBM 34755. Paratypes: BPBM 21256 (3), 29505 (3); SMF 19803 (4); USNM 147942 (8); WAM P.25979-001 (3), P.26463.005 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:26 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Cheilodipterus persicus Gon 1993 -- (Randall 1995:163 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:152 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Eagderi et al. 2019:36 [ref. 37020], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:61 [ref. 36965], Zajonz et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36871], Fraser et al. 2022:186 [ref. 39752], Eagderi et al. 2026:34 [ref. 42824]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus persicus Gon 1993. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen); Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.

popur, Cheilodipterus Montrouzier [X.] 1857:420 [142] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] Woodlark Island, South Pacific. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:96 [ref. 12478]. On p. 142 of reprint. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier 1828 -- (Gon 1993:49 [ref. 21133]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier 1828. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

pseudosubulatus, Cheilodipterus Hardenberg [J. D. F.] 1948:414 [Treubia, Buitenzorg v. 19 (pt 3); ref. 13056] Telok Betong, Sunda Strait, southern Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus singapurensis Bleeker 1860 -- (Gon 1993:52 [ref. 21133]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilodipterus singapurensis Bleeker 1860. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

pygmaios, Cheilodipterus Gon [O.] 1993:45, Pls. 3 (B), 5 (E); Fig. 17 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 22; ref. 21133] Towartit Reef, Sudan, Red Sea, depth 10-13 meters. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 29409. Paratypes: ANSP 163230 (4); BPBM 27433 (8), 30358 (1), 30893 (3); HUJ 5768 (4), 6236 (2), 11529-30 (5 or 4, 1), 13576 (2), 14603 (3); USNM 276589-91 (1, 2, 6). Type catalog: Golani 2006:27 [ref. 28840]. but not including 14603. •Valid as Cheilodipterus pygmaios Gon 1993 -- (T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000, Gon & Randall 2003:33 [ref. 26750], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], DiBattista et al. 2015:20 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[5] 243 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:73 [ref. 36273], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:64 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:187 [ref. 39752], Golani & Fricke 2026:47 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus pygmaios Gon 1993. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. IUCN (2026): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.

quinquelineatus, Cheilodipterus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:167 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Bora Bora, Society Islands, South Pacific. Holotype: MNHN 0000-9147. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:65 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier 1828 -- (Dor 1984:117 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:144 [ref. 6441], Gon 1986:556 [ref. 5657], Allen & Swainston 1988:64 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:552 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:31 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:150 [ref. 15987], Gon 1993:49 [ref. 21133], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Kuiter 1993:161 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:161 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:164 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:100 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:138 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:150 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:131 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:233 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Randall 1999:14 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:753 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:217 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Shinohara et al. 2000:178 [ref. 25987], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:753 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:34 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495] as quinquelineata, Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:67 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576] as quinquelineata, Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3320 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:199 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1101 [ref. 29004], Fricke et al. 2009:52 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:109 [ref. 30449], Yoshida et al. 2010:51 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:111 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:377 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:70 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Mabuchi et al. 2015:43 [ref. 34429], Koeda et al. 2016:32 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:6 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:167 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:74 [ref. 36273], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:114 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:37 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:131 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:62 [ref. 36965], Zajonz et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36871], Yoshida in Motomura et al. 2021:23 [ref. 38121], Fraser et al. 2022:187 [ref. 39752], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:54 [ref. 40689], Allen & Erdmann 2024:401 [ref. 40796], Eagderi et al. 2026:34 [ref. 42824], Golani & Fricke 2026:47 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier 1828. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Rapa (French Polynesia). IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

singapurensis, Cheilodipterus Bleeker [P.] (ex Castelnau) 1860:452 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 20 (no. 3); ref. 14028] Singapore. Holotype: ?RMNH 5619 (144-mm TL specimen of 3). Additional material: second specimen mentioned in passing, whereabouts unknown. Based in part on a color painting in the Zoological Museum, University of Liège (see Russell et al. 2010:94 [ref. 30735]). The second specimen was regarded by Russell et al. 2010:95 [ref. 30735] as a paratype, but it could only be a syntype (or additional material as recognized here). •Valid as Cheilodipterus singapurensis Bleeker 1860 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:553 [ref. 12442], Gon 1993:52 [ref. 21133], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Allen 1997:106 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:131 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:68 [ref. 27510], Allen et al. 2006:1101 [ref. 29004], Russell et al. 2010:95 [ref. 30735], Allen & Erdmann 2012:378 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:71 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:57 [ref. 36965] as C. singaporensis, Allen & Erdmann 2024:402 [ref. 40796], Myers et al. 2025:51 [ref. 42065]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus singapurensis Bleeker 1860. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: West Pacific: Singapore and Malaysia east to Marshall Islands, south to New Caledonia. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

subulatus, Cheilodipterus Weber [M.] 1909:164 [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 31 (note 4); ref. 4600] Fish market, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ZMA 101379. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:87 [ref. 19236]. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus singapurensis Bleeker 1860 -- (Gon 1993:52 [ref. 21133]). •Valid as Cheilodipterus subulatus Weber 1909 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:145 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:753 [ref. 25086], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:99 [ref. 26368], Nakabo 2002:753 [ref. 26001], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus subulatus Weber 1909. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Pacific and western Australia. Habitat: marine.

truncatus, Chilodipterus Günther [A.] 1873:418, Pl. 30 [Reptiles and fishes of the South Sea islands; ref. 18196] Misool [Misol] Island, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1870.8.31.15. Genus name should have been Cheilodipterus. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus singapurensis Bleeker 1860 -- (Gon 1993:52 [ref. 21133]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilodipterus singapurensis Bleeker 1860. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

zonatus, Cheilodipterus Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1912:443, Pl. 38 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 41 (no. 1868); ref. 3576] South end of Rita Island, Ulugan Bay, Palawan, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 70253. Paratypes: (1). •Valid as Cheilodipterus zonatus Smith & Radcliffe 1912 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:553 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:150 [ref. 15987], Gon 1993:54 [ref. 21133], Allen 1997:106 [ref. 23977], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Allen & Erdmann 2012:378 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:71 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:65 [ref. 36965], Allen & Erdmann 2024:402 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus zonatus Smith & Radcliffe 1912. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia and northern Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Sabah (Malaysia), south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.