Oxycheilinus Explained

Oxycheilinus is a genus of fish in the family Labridae found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

• Oxycheilinus arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Speckled maori wrasse)
• Oxycheilinus bimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Two-spot maori wrasse)
• Oxycheilinus celebicus (Bleeker, 1853) (Celebes maori wrasse)
• Oxycheilinus digramma (Lacépède, 1801) (Cheek-lined maori wrasse)
• Oxycheilinus lineatus J. E. Randall, Westneat & M. F. Gomon, 2003
• Oxycheilinus mentalis (Rüppell, 1828) (Mental maori wrasse)
• Oxycheilinus nigromarginatus J. E. Randall, Westneat & M. F. Gomon, 2003 (Black-margin maori wrasse)
• Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther, 1862) (Oriental maori wrasse)
• Oxycheilinus samurai Y. Fukui, Muto & Motomura, 2016 ^[1]
• Oxycheilinus unifasciatus (Streets, 1877) (Ringtail maori wrasse)

Notes and References

1. Fukui, Y., Muto, N. & Motomura, H. (2016): A new species of labrid fish Oxycheilinus samurai from the western Pacific Ocean. Ichthyological Research, 64 (2): 212-220.