snooty wrasse
Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The snooty wrasse (Cheilinus oxycephalus), also known as the red maori wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is a widespread Indo-Pacific reef fish.
Wikipedia contributors, Snooty wrasse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:33:59.782056+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853
- Name authority
- Bleeker, 1853
- Common name
- snooty wrasse
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Cheilinus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyCheilininae Bleeker, 1862
- genusCheilinus Lacepède, 1801
- speciesCheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cheilinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| floral wrasseCheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| abudjubbeCheilinus abudjubbe Rüppell, 1835 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| humphead wrasseCheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| redbreasted wrasseCheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| tripletail wrasseCheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cheilinus calophthalmus Günther, 1867 Günther, 1867 | synonym |
| Cheilinus ketlitzii Valenciennes, 1840 Valenciennes, 1840 | synonym |
| Cheilinus sanguineus Valenciennes, 1840 Valenciennes, 1840 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bleeker, P. (1854). Vierde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandsch Indië, v. 5 (no. 3): 317–352. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:TRSS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.