Cheilinus

Cheilinus is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.^[2]

Cheilinus Temporal range: 87–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Cretaceous to Present[1]
Cheilinus quinquecinctus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Tribe:	Cheilinini
Genus:	Cheilinus Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:

Species	Common name	Image
Cheilinus abudjubbe Rüppell, 1835	Abdujubbes wrasse
Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791)	Floral wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791)	Red-breasted wrasse
Cheilinus lunulatus (Forsskål, 1775)	Broom-tail wrasse
Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853	Snooty wrasse
Cheilinus quinquecinctus Rüppell, 1835[3]	White-barred wrasse, Red Sea red-breasted wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801	Triple-tail wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835	Hump-head wrasse