Oxycheilinus mentalis

Oxycheilinus mentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Oxycheilinus
Species: Oxycheilinus mentalis

Name

Oxycheilinus mentalis (Rüppell, 1828)

Holotype: SMF 1149. [Paralectotypes: MNHN A-9043 (1), NMW 25040 (1), SMF 5044-45 (2)].

Type locality: Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea.

Synonyms

• Cheilinus mentalis Rüppell, 1828

References

• Rüppell, W.P.E.S. 1828-30: Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt-am-Main. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa: 1–141 + 3 pp., col. Pls. 1-35.
• Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1–97.
• Oxycheilinus mentalis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Mental Wrasse