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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae Wrasses

Genus: Paracheilinus

(See list of species below)


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18 species (see list below)

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Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 4.9 cm SL
 
Paracheilinus alfiani
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
Paracheilinus angulatus Randall & Lubbock, 1981

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Paracheilinus angulatus
[Angular flasher]

Photo by Tanaka, H.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 6.0 cm SL
Paracheilinus attenuatus Randall, 1999

Photo by Tanaka, H.
 
Paracheilinus attenuatus
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 6.5 cm TL
Paracheilinus bellae Randall, 1988

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Paracheilinus bellae
[Bell's flasher]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Paracheilinus carpenteri Randall & Lubbock, 1981

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Paracheilinus carpenteri
[Pink flasher]

Photo by Tanaka, H.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Paracheilinus cyaneus Kuiter & Allen, 1999

Photo by Tanaka, H.
 
Paracheilinus cyaneus
[Blue flasherwrasse]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm SL
Paracheilinus filamentosus Allen, 1974

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Paracheilinus filamentosus
[Filamentous wrasse]

Photo by Tanaka, H.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 8.5 cm TL
Paracheilinus flavianalis Kuiter & Allen, 1999

Photo by Tanaka, H.
 
Paracheilinus flavianalis
[Yellowfin flasher wrasse]

Photo by Tanaka, H.

Western Indian Ocean

Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus Randall & Harmelin-Vivien, 1977

Photo by Tanaka, H.
 
Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus
[]

Photo by Tanaka, H.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Paracheilinus lineopunctatus Randall & Lubbock, 1981

Photo by Tanaka, H.
 
Paracheilinus lineopunctatus
[Spot-lined flasher]

Photo by Tanaka, H.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Paracheilinus mccoskeri Randall & Harmelin-Vivien, 1977

Photo by Tanaka, H.
 
Paracheilinus mccoskeri
[McCosker's flasher]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 5.1 cm SL
Paracheilinus nursalim Allen & Erdmann, 2008

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Paracheilinus nursalim
[Nursalim flasherwrasse]

Photo by Field, R.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Paracheilinus octotaenia Fourmanoir, 1955

Photo by Field, R.
 
Paracheilinus octotaenia
[Red Sea eightline flasher]

Photo by Pelicier, D.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 5.7 cm SL
Paracheilinus piscilineatus (Cornic, 1987)

Photo by Pelicier, D.
 
Paracheilinus piscilineatus
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 6.0 cm SL
 
Paracheilinus rennyae
[]

Photo by Tanaka, H.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 5.6 cm SL
Paracheilinus rubricaudalis Randall & Allen, 2003

Photo by Tanaka, H.
 
Paracheilinus rubricaudalis
[Redtail flasherwrasse]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Paracheilinus togeanensis Kuiter & Allen, 1999

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Paracheilinus togeanensis
[Togean flasherwrasse]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.1 cm SL
Paracheilinus walton Allen & Erdmann, 2006

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Paracheilinus walton
[Walton's flasherwrasse]
18 Species of Family Labridae with Genus Paracheilinus
(Wrasses)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
2016 Paracheilinus alfiani Western Central Pacific 4.9 SL
1981 Paracheilinus angulatus Angular flasher Western Central Pacific 7.5 TL
1999 Paracheilinus attenuatus Western Indian Ocean 6.0 SL
1988 Paracheilinus bellae Bell's flasher Western Central Pacific 6.5 TL
1981 Paracheilinus carpenteri Pink flasher Western Pacific 8 TL
1999 Paracheilinus cyaneus Blue flasherwrasse Western Central Pacific 7 TL
1974 Paracheilinus filamentosus Filamentous wrasse Indo-Pacific 15 SL
1999 Paracheilinus flavianalis Yellowfin flasher wrasse Eastern Indian Ocean 8.5 TL
1977 Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus Western Indian Ocean
1981 Paracheilinus lineopunctatus Spot-lined flasher Western Pacific 7 TL
1977 Paracheilinus mccoskeri McCosker's flasher Indo-West Pacific 8 TL
2008 Paracheilinus nursalim Nursalim flasherwrasse Western Pacific 5.1 SL
1955 Paracheilinus octotaenia Red Sea eightline flasher Western Indian Ocean 9 TL
1987 Paracheilinus piscilineatus Western Indian Ocean 5.7 SL
2013 Paracheilinus rennyae Western Pacific 6.0 SL
2003 Paracheilinus rubricaudalis Redtail flasherwrasse Western Central Pacific 5.6 SL
1999 Paracheilinus togeanensis Togean flasherwrasse Western Central Pacific 7 TL
2006 Paracheilinus walton Walton's flasherwrasse Western Pacific 4.1 SL



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