Paracheilinus
Genus of fishes
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Paracheilinus is a genus of flasher wrasses, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2]
| Paracheilinus | |
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| Pink flasher wrasse (P. carpenteri) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Subfamily: | Cirrhilabrinae |
| Genus: | Paracheilinus Fourmanoir, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| Paracheilinus octotaenia Fourmanoir, 1955[1] | |
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Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:
- Paracheilinus alfiani G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016 [3]
- Paracheilinus amanda Tea & F. Walsh 2023 (Amanda's flasher wrasse)[4]
- Paracheilinus angulatus J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1981 (Angular flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus attenuatus J. E. Randall, 1999
- Paracheilinus bellae J. E. Randall, 1988 (Bell's flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus carpenteri J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1981 (Pink flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus cyaneus Kuiter & G. R. Allen, 1999 (Blue flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus filamentosus G. R. Allen, 1974 (Filamentous flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus flavianalis Kuiter & G. R. Allen, 1999 (Yellow-fin flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus J. E. Randall & Harmelin-Vivien, 1977
- Paracheilinus lineopunctatus J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1981 (Spot-lined flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus mccoskeri J. E. Randall & Harmelin-Vivien, 1977 (McCosker's flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus nursalim G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008 (Nursalim flasherwrasse) [5]
- Paracheilinus octotaenia Fourmanoir, 1955 (Red Sea eightline flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus paineorum G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016 [3]
- Paracheilinus piscilineatus (Cornic, 1987)
- Paracheilinus rennyae G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2013 [6]
- Paracheilinus rubricaudalis J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 2003 (Red-tail flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus togeanensis Kuiter & G. R. Allen, 1999 (Togean flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus walton G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2006 (Walton's flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus xanthocirritus G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016 [3]
