''Cheilodipterus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of fishes in the family

Apogonidae Cardinalfishes are a family, Apogonidae, of ray-finned fishes found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans; they are chiefly marine, but some species are found in brackish water and a few (notably ''Glossamia'') are found in fresh water. A h ...

, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...

and the western

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...

Species

The 17 recognized species in this genus are:Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014)
Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters.
''Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.'' * '' Cheilodipterus alleni'' Gon, 1993 (Allen's cardinalfish) * ''

Cheilodipterus arabicus ''Cheilodipterus arabicus'' is a species of ray-finned fish from the cardinalfish family Apogonidae Cardinalfishes are a family, Apogonidae, of ray-finned fishes found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans; they are chiefly marine, bu ...

'' ( Gmelin, 1789) (tiger cardinalfish) * '' Cheilodipterus artus''

J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought ...

, 1961 (wolf cardinalfish) * '' Cheilodipterus intermedius'' Gon, 1993 (intermediate cardinalfish) * '' Cheilodipterus isostigmus'' ( L. P. Schultz, 1940) (dog-toothed cardinalfish) * '' Cheilodipterus lachneri'' Klausewitz, 1959 (Aqaba cardinalfish) * '' Cheilodipterus macrodon'' ( Lacépède, 1802) (large-toothed cardinalfish) * '' Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus'' H. M. Smith &

Radcliffe Radcliffe or Radcliff may refer to: Places * Radcliffe Line, a border between India and Pakistan United Kingdom * Radcliffe, Greater Manchester ** Radcliffe Tower, the remains of a medieval manor house in the town ** Radcliffe tram stop * R ...

, 1912 * '' Cheilodipterus novemstriatus'' ( Rüppell, 1838) (Indian Ocean two-spot cardinalfish) * '' Cheilodipterus octovittatus'' G. Cuvier, 1828 * '' Cheilodipterus parazonatus'' Gon, 1993 (mimic cardinalfish) * '' Cheilodipterus persicus'' Gon, 1993 (Persian cardinalfish) * '' Cheilodipterus pygmaios'' Gon, 1993 * ''

Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus The five-lined cardinalfish, ''Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus'', is a species of marine fish in the family Apogonidae. It is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region, Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأح� ...

'' G. Cuvier, 1828 (five-lined cardinalfish) * '' Cheilodipterus singapurensis''

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Cheilodipterus subulatus'' M. C. W. Weber, 1909 * ''

Cheilodipterus zonatus ''Cheilodipterus'' is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species The 17 recognized species in this genus are:Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., ...

'' H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (yellowbelly cardinalfish)

References

Apogoninae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède {{ray-finned fish-stub