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Cheilodactylus
Sign in to saveCheilodactylus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cheilodactylidae, known as morwongs, although this name is not unique to this family. They are found in the temperate waters of the southern hemisphere and in the North Pacific Ocean.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCheilodactylidae
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- Specimen records
- 121
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- 3
- Family
- Cheilodactylidae
- Collections
- USNM, SIO, NHMUK, AM
- Recorded in
- French Southern Territories, Spain, Australia, Chile, Philippines, China, Solomon Islands
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- Cheilodactylidae
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Cheilodactylus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cheilodactylidae, known as morwongs, although this name is not unique to this family. They are found in the temperate waters of the southern hemisphere and in the North Pacific Ocean.
==Taxonomy== Cheilodactylus was first formally described in 1803 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède when he described Cheilodactylus fasciatus which was its type species by monotypy.
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