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Cheilodipterus
Cheilodipterus is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 19 known species

Fiveline Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus quinquelineatus

Tiger Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus macrodon

Wolf Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus artus

Toothy Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus isostigma

Twospot Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus novemstriatus

Intermediate Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus intermedius

Aqaba Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus lachneri

Allen's Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus alleni

Singapore Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus singapurensis

Tiger Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus arabicus

Persian Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus persicus

Mimic cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus parazonatus

Mimic cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus

Pygmy Cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus pygmaios

Cheilodipterus heptazona
speciesCheilodipterus heptazona

Mimic cardinalfish
speciesCheilodipterus zonatus

Cheilodipterus lineatus
speciesCheilodipterus lineatus
Cheilodipterus octovittatus
speciesCheilodipterus octovittatus
Cheilodipterus subulatus
speciesCheilodipterus subulatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87380.