After Carroll, 1988 and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Choerodon [20]
   |-- C. anchorago (Bloch, 1791) (Orange-dotted tuskfish)
   |-- C. azurio (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
   |-- C. balerensis Herre, 1950
   |-- C. cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875) (Purple tuskfish)
   |-- C. cyanodus (Richardson, 1843) (Blue tuskfish)
   |-- C. fasciatus (Günther, 1867) (Harlequin tuskfish)
   |-- C. graphicus (De Vis, 1885) (Graphic tuskfish)
   |-- C. gymnogenys (Günther, 1867)
   |-- C. jordani (Snyder, 1908) (Jordan's tuskfish)
   |-- C. margaritiferus Fowler & Bean, 1928
   |-- C. melanostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928
   |-- C. monostigma Ogilby, 1910 (Dark-spot tuskfish)
   |-- C. oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1851)
   |-- C. robustus (Günther, 1862) (Robust tuskfish)
   |-- C. rubescens (Günther, 1862) (Baldchin groper)
   |-- C. schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839) (Blackspot tuskfish)
   |-- C. venustus (De Vis, 1884) (Venus tuskfish)
   |-- C. vitta Ogilby, 1910 (Redstripe tuskfish)
   |-- C. zamboangae (Seale & Bean, 1907) (Purple eyebrowed tuskfish)
   `-- C. zosterophorus (Bleeker, 1868)

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