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| Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) | |
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| Slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Tribe: | Cheilinini Russell, 1988 |
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The cheiline wrasses are saltwater fish of the tribe Cheilinini, a subgroup of the wrasse family (Labridae).
Taxonomy
Based on the Westneat & Alfaro (2005) molecular phylogenetic study, the wrasses of the tribe Cheilinini are most closely related to parrotfish (tribe Scarini); cheilines and scarines are sister groups.
Although the 4 genera in Cheilinini do form a monophyletic clade with each other, their relationship with each other is somewhat problematic as the genus Cheilinus appears to be paraphyletic.
The relationship of the genus Doratonotus with Cheilinini is uncertain. Initially, based on morphological analyses by Westneat (1993), Cheilinini was considered to be comprised of two subgroups, ie, the "cheiline" wrasses and the "pseudocheiline" wrasses. At the time, the adjective "cheilinin" was used to describe fish in the tribe Cheilinini. Doratonotus was considered to be the basalmost "cheiline" genus. However, Westneat & Alfaro (2005) showed that "pseudocheilines" and "cheilines" were not each other's closest relatives. As Doratonotus was not included in study, it's placement relative to Cheilinini is uncertain. The pseudocheiline wrasses eventually formed the tribe Cirrhilabrini, originally proposed in 1999, but are still informally referred to as pseudocheilines despite this.
Genera
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| Cheilinus | 
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| Oxycheilinus | 
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References
- ^ Westneat, Mark W.; Alfaro, Michael E. (2005-08). "Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 36 (2): 370–390. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.001.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Westneat, Mark W (1993-01-01). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Tribe Cheilinini (Labridae: Perciformes)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 52 (1): 351–394.
- Tea, Yi-Kai; Allen, Gerald R.; Goatley, Christopher H. R.; Gill, Anthony C.; Frable, Benjamin W. (2021-11-05). "Redescription of Conniella apterygia Allen and its reassignment in the genus Cirrhilabrus Temminck and Schlegel (Teleostei: Labridae), with comments on cirrhilabrin pelvic morphology". Zootaxa. 5061 (3): 493–509. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5061.3.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
- Hughes, Lily C; Nash, Chloe M; White, William T; Westneat, Mark W (2023-05-01). "Concordance and Discordance in the Phylogenomics of the Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae)". Systematic Biology. 72 (3): 530–543. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syac072. ISSN 1063-5157.