| Family Cheilodactylidae - Morwongs | ||||
| Order | : | Centrarchiformes |
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| Class | : | Teleostei | ||
| No. in FishBase | : | Genera : 1 | Species : 2 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes | ||
| Environment | : | Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes | ||
| Division | : | Marine | ||
| Aquarium | : | none | ||
| First Fossil Record | : | |||
| Remark | : | Distribution: restricted to South Africa; temperate. Morphology: Body compressed and ovoid; mouth small, terminal to subterminal andlips large; eyes moderate size; two paits of nostrils with cirri on the lower pair of nostrils; frontal bone or maxilla without bony processes; teeth small, villiform in several rows, absent from vomer and palatines; Dorsal fin XVII-XX,19-25, single, |continuous with spines increasing in length up to sixth spine and decreasing onwards, the second is longest; Anal fin, III,9-11; pectoral fins 14 with ventral 4-5 thickened and unbranched; no gas bladder; supraneurals three, the first one preceeding first neural spine and the second and third supraneural between first and second neural spines (0/0+0/2+1/1/1; lateral line 75-85; scales small and cycloid; scaly sheath at base of dorsal and anal fins. Differs from Cirrhitidae by lacking cirri on dorsal spines (vs. present); differs from Cheilodactylidae and Aplodactylidae by the higher count of anal-fin rays and a more laterally compressed, deeper body; differs from Latridae by the missing gas bladder, by the late-stage larvae without the 'paperfish' stage and by the arrangement of the supraneurals with the first neural spine (Ref. 120445). Ecology: Feed on small benthic invertebrates. Hide in holes at night (Ref. 7463). Inhabits subtropical and temperate nearshore waters; often solitary, demersal over reef substrates (Ref. 76788). | ||
| Etymology | : | Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, daktylos = finger ( Ref. 45335). | ||
| Reproductive guild | : | nonguarders | ||
| Typical activity level | : | normal | ||
Main Ref. |
: | Ludt, W.B., C.P. Burridge and P. Chakrabarty 2019 | ||
| Coordinator | : | |||
Deep Fin Classification
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: | Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Centrarchiformes | Cirrhitoidei | | Cheilodactylidae | ||
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| Scientifc name | Status | Senior/Junior synonym | Combination |
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Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacepède, 1803 | accepted | senior | original |
Cheilodactylus multiradiatus Castelnau, 1861 | synonym | junior | original |
Cheilodactylus pixi Smith, 1980 | accepted | senior | original |
