WoRMS taxon details
Cheilodactylidae Bonaparte, 1850
Genus Cheilodactylus Lacepède, 1803
Genus Chirodactylus Gill, 1862
Genus Dactylophora De Vis, 1883
Genus Goniistius Gill, 1862
Genus Nemadactylus Richardson, 1839
Genus Acantholatris Gill, 1862 accepted as Nemadactylus Richardson, 1839
Genus Cheiloductylus accepted as Cheilodactylus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Chilodactylus accepted as Cheilodactylus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Gregoryina Fowler & Ball, 1924 accepted as Cheilodactylus Lacepède, 1803
Genus Palunolepis Barnard, 1927 accepted as Chirodactylus Gill, 1862
Genus Psilocranium Macleay, 1884 accepted as Dactylophora De Vis, 1883
Genus Zeodrius Castelnau, 1879 accepted as Goniistius Gill, 1862
Genus Chirodactylus Gill, 1862
Genus Dactylophora De Vis, 1883
Genus Goniistius Gill, 1862
Genus Nemadactylus Richardson, 1839
Genus Acantholatris Gill, 1862 accepted as Nemadactylus Richardson, 1839
Genus Cheiloductylus accepted as Cheilodactylus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Chilodactylus accepted as Cheilodactylus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Gregoryina Fowler & Ball, 1924 accepted as Cheilodactylus Lacepède, 1803
Genus Palunolepis Barnard, 1927 accepted as Chirodactylus Gill, 1862
Genus Psilocranium Macleay, 1884 accepted as Dactylophora De Vis, 1883
Genus Zeodrius Castelnau, 1879 accepted as Goniistius Gill, 1862
marine, brackish
Not documented
Description Distribution: Southern Hemisphere (parts of Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans) and Northern Hemisphere (off Japan, China...
Description Distribution: Southern Hemisphere (parts of Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans) and Northern Hemisphere (off Japan, China and Hawaiian Islands). Dorsal fin single, continuous or almost separate; spines 14-22; soft rays 19-39. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 7-19. No teeth in vomer and palatines. Adults with the lower 4-7 pectoral rays usually thickened, elongated, and free. Vertebrae usually 24. About 1 m maximum length. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2022). FishBase. Cheilodactylidae Bonaparte, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151477 on 2022-08-11
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]




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Description Distribution: Southern Hemisphere (parts of Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans) and Northern Hemisphere (off Japan, China and Hawaiian Islands). Dorsal fin single, continuous or almost separate; spines 14-22; soft rays 19-39. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 7-19. No teeth in vomer and palatines. Adults with the lower 4-7 pectoral rays usually thickened, elongated, and free. Vertebrae usually 24. About 1 m maximum length. [details]