Species Oxycheilinus nigromarginatus Randall, Westneat & Gomon, 2003

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External Links

• Oxycheilinus nigromarginatus Randall, J.E., Westneat, M.W. & Gomon, M.F. 2003. Two new labrid fishes of the genus Oxycheilinus from the South Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54(20): 361-370 [365, pl. 1(C-E)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 33686, Chesterfield Bank, south-east end of lagoon, Coral Sea, 10 m. [19°53.5'S, 158°28.2'E].
  Paratype(s) BPBM 37942; CAS 216844; NMV A.8578 3 specimens; NMV A.11834; NSMT P.65066; USNM 371349; BPBM 33693.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cheilinus sp. —
  Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [294]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Sydney Harbour, NSW (33°51'S, 151°16'E); subtropical, south-west Pacific (New Caledonia to Tonga).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, rock reef.

Extra Ecological Information

10 - 27 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. [1404]

Kuiter, R.H. 2010. Labridae fishes: wrasses. Seaford, Victoria, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 398. [182] (as Cheilinus nigromarginatus)

Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2011. Checklist of the species of the families Labridae and Scaridae: an update. Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 13: 29-44 [36]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	LABROIDEI	23-Jun-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED