Paracheilinus

Genus of fishes

Paracheilinus
Pink flasher wrasse (P. carpenteri)
Scientific classification Edit this 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][3]

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:

  • Paracheilinus alfiani G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016 [4]
  • Paracheilinus amanda Tea & Walsh 2023 (Amanda's flasher wrasse)[5]
  • 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) [6]
  • Paracheilinus octotaenia Fourmanoir, 1955 (Red Sea eightline flasherwrasse)
  • Paracheilinus paineorum G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016 [4]
  • Paracheilinus piscilineatus (Cornic, 1987)
  • Paracheilinus rennyae G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2013 [7]
  • 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 [4]


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. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Paracheilinus in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  4. ^ a b c 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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).
Taxon identifiers
Paracheilinus


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