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:
- Cheilodipterus alleni <small>Gon, 1993</small> (Allen's cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus arabicus <small>(Gmelin, 1789)</small> (tiger cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus artus <small>J. L. B. Smith, 1961</small> (wolf cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus intermedius <small>Gon, 1993</small> (intermediate cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus isostigmus <small>(L. P. Schultz, 1940)</small> (dog-toothed cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus lachneri <small>Klausewitz, 1959</small> (Aqaba cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus macrodon <small>(Lacépède, 1802)</small> (large-toothed cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus <small>H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912</small>
- Cheilodipterus novemstriatus <small>(Rüppell, 1838)</small> (Indian Ocean two-spot cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus octovittatus <small>G. Cuvier, 1828</small>
- Cheilodipterus parazonatus <small>Gon, 1993</small> (mimic cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus persicus <small>Gon, 1993</small> (Persian cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus pygmaios <small>Gon, 1993</small>
- Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus <small>G. Cuvier, 1828</small> (five-lined cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus singapurensis <small>Bleeker, 1860</small> (truncated cardinalfish)
- Cheilodipterus subulatus <small>M. C. W. Weber, 1909</small>
- Cheilodipterus zonatus <small>H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912</small> (yellowbelly cardinalfish)
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