Cheilodactylus
| Cheilodactylus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cheilodactylidae |
| Genus: | Cheilodactylus Lacépède, 1803 |
| Type species | |
| Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacepède, 1803 | |
Cheilodactylus is a genus of morwongs.
Species
The genus used to contain species currently assigned to Chirodactylus, Morwong, and Goniistius, but DNA analysis found those species to be nested within Latridae and more derived than the kelpfish and marblefish and the Cheilodactylus type species. The magpie perch (Cheilodactylus nigripes) and red moki (Cheilodactylus spectabilis) are clearly not congeneric with the either Cheilodactylus fasciatus or C. pixi and are in need of new generic names[1][2]
References
- ↑ Burridge and White (2000). Molecular phylogeny of the antitropical subgenus Goniistius (Perciformes: Cheilodactylidae: Cheilodactylus): evidence for multiple transequatorial divergences and non-monophyly. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70: 435–458.
- ↑ Burridge and Smolenski (2004). Molecular phylogeny of the Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea) with notes on taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 118–127
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