Species Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther, 1862)
Oriental Maori Wrasse, Oriental Wrasse
- Cheilinus orientalis Günther, A. 1862. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 4 534 pp. [132] [a new name for Cheilinus coccineus, non Rüppell, Bleeker 1862].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH 1864.5.15.8. (possible type), Batjan, Indonesia. - Cheilinus rhodochrous Playfair, R. L. & Günther, A. 1867. The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. London pp. i-xix + 1-153, pls 1-21. [Reprinted in 1971, with a new introduction by G. S. Myers and a new forward by A. E. Gunther; Newton K. Gregg, publisher, Kentfield, California] [90].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1865.2.27.84, Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Randall, J.E. & Khalaf, M.A. 2003. Redescription of the labrid fish Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther), a senior synonym of O. rhodochrous (Günther), and the first record from the Red Sea. Zoological Studies 42(1): 135-139 [136]
Generic Combinations
- Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther, 1862). —
Westneat, M.W. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Cheilinini (Labridae: Perciformes). Bulletin of Marine Science 52(1): 351-394 [354] (changed combination cited)
Introduction
Allen et al. (2006) previously excluded Oxycheilinus orientalis from the Australian fauna as the record, based on Kuiter (1993), which was apparently a different species. Mundy (2005) treats Cheilinus rhodochrous Günther 1867 as a junior synonym of Oxycheilinus unifasciatus (Streets, 1877), this placement would reduce the distribution of Oxycheilinus orientalis in Australia based on previous identification, but we follow Randall & Khalaf (2003).
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Rowley Shoals (17°05'S, 119°35'E) and Hibernia Reef (11°59'S, 123°23'E), WA, and Ashmore Reef, Coral Sea (10°27'S, 144°27'E), possibly on Great Barrier Reef south to Capricorn Group, QLD, because of misidentifications, only confirmed record is from north of Hibernia Reef; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3)
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R. & Russell, B.C. 1986. Part VII Fishes. pp. 79-103 in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Faunal Surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef, northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 1-106 [93] (as Cheilinus rhodochrous)
- Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105 [98] (as Cheilinus orientalis)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef.
Extra Ecological Information
10-30 m.
General References
Allen, G.R., N.J. Cross, C.J. Allen & M.F. Gomon 2006. Labridae: Labrinae. pp. 1368-1418 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1403]
Bleeker, P. 1862. Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néerlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néerlandais. Tome 1. Scaroïdes et Labroïdes. Amsterdam : Fréd. Müller 168 pp. pls 1-48. [71, Pl. 33 (fig. 8)] (described as Cheilinus coccineus)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [294] (not O. orientalis)
Kuiter, R.H. 2010. Labridae fishes: wrasses. Seaford, Victoria, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 398. [182] (as Cheilinus orientalis)
Randall, J.E. & Khalaf, M.A. 2003. Redescription of the labrid fish Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther), a senior synonym of O. rhodochrous (Günther), and the first record from the Red Sea. Zoological Studies 42(1): 135-139
Westneat, M.W. 2001. Labridae. pp. 3381-3467 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3450]
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [704] (Oriental Wrasse)
FishBase 2013. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Oriental Maori Wrasse)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LABROIDEI | 04-May-2015 | ADDED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |