Paracheilinus

Paracheilinus
Pink flasher wrasse (P. carpenteri)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Paracheilinus Fourmanoir, 1955
Type species
Paracheilinus octotaenia Fourmanoir, 1955 [1]

Blue flasher wrasse (P. cyaneus)

Paine's flasher wrasse (P. paineorum)

Paracheilinus is a genus of flasher wrasses, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. ^[2]

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]

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Paracheilinus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
2. Tanaka, H. (2006). "Flasher Wrasses: Recently Recognized in the Hobby". Reefkeeping. Reef Central, LLC.
3. Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M.V.; Yusmalinda, N.L.A. (2016). "Review of the Indo-Pacific Flasherwrasses of the genus Paracheilinus (Perciformes: Labridae), with descriptions of three new species" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 19: 18–90. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.46267 . Archived (PDF) from the original on April 27, 2016.
4. Yi-Kai Tea and Fenton Walsh (2023). "Paracheilinus amanda • Review of Australian Species of Paracheilinus Fourmanoir (Teleostei: Labridae), with Description of A New Species from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea" . Ichthyology & Herpetology. 111 (3): 397–415. doi:10.1643/i2023019 . Retrieved 2023-10-13.
5. Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M.V. (2008). "Paracheilinus nursalim, a new species of flasher wrasse (Perciformes: Labridae) from the Bird's Head Peninsula of western New Guinea with a key to the species of Paracheilinus". Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 13 (3–4): 179–188.
6. Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M.V.; Yusmalinda, N.L.A. (October 25, 2013). "Paracheilinus rennyae, a new species of flasherwrasse (Perciformes: Labridae) from southern Indonesia". Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 19 (4): 193–206 – via Gale (publisher).