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Labridae native to the

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and

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Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * ''

Cheilinus abudjubbe ''Cheilinus abudjubbe'', the Abudjubbe wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. This species was formally described by Eduard Rüppell in 1835, no ty ...

'' Rüppell, 1835 (Abdujubbes wrasse) * ''

Cheilinus chlorourus The floral wrasse (''Cheilinus chlorourus'') is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the coast of Africa to the Tuamotus and Marquesas. Its range extends as far north as the Ryukyus and south to New C ...

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, 1791) (Floral wrasse) * ''

Cheilinus fasciatus ''Cheilinus'' is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * '' Cheilinus abudjubbe'' Rüppell, 1835 (Abdujubbes wrasse) * '' Cheilinus ch ...

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, 1791) (Red-breasted wrasse) * ''

Cheilinus lunulatus The broomtail wrasse (''Cheilinus lunulatus'') is a species of wrasse native to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Description ''Cheilinus lunulatus'' can reach an average length of about , with a maximum of in males. In adults, the head is large an ...

'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Broom-tail wrasse) * ''

Cheilinus oxycephalus The snooty wrasse (''Cheilinus oxycephalus''), also known as the red maori wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is a widespread Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic regi ...

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Cheilinus trilobatus The tripletail wrasse (''Cheilinus trilobatus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other ...

'' Lacépède, 1801 (Triple-tail wrasse) * ''

Cheilinus undulatus The humphead wrasse (''Cheilinus undulatus'') is a large species of wrasse mainly found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also known as the Māori wrasse, Napoleon wrasse, Napoleon fish, Napoleonfish, ''so mei'' 蘇眉 (Cantonese ...

'' Rüppell, 1835 (Hump-head wrasse) The white-barred wrasse (''

Cheilinus quinquecinctus The red-breasted wrasse (''Cheilinus fasciatus'') is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Description This species can reach a maximum of in standard length. Its head is greenish-blue, followed by a dis ...

'')Bogorodsky, S.V., Alpermann, T.J. & Mal, A.O. (2016): Redescription of ''Cheilinus quinquecinctus'' Rüppell, 1835 (Pisces: Perciformes: Labridae), a valid endemic Red Sea wrasse. ''Zootaxa, 4158 (4): 451–472.'' is treated as a

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of ''Cheilinus fasciatus'' by

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References

Labridae Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède Marine fish genera Extant Coniacian first appearances {{Labridae-stub