Paracheilinus

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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:


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. ^ (PDF) from the original on April 27, 2016.
  5. . 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).