Paracheilinus is a genus of flasher wrasses, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:
- Paracheilinus alfiani <small>G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016</small>
- Paracheilinus amanda <small>Tea & F. Walsh 2023</small> (Amanda's flasher wrasse)
- Paracheilinus angulatus <small>J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1981</small> (Angular flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus attenuatus <small>J. E. Randall, 1999</small>
- Paracheilinus bellae <small>J. E. Randall, 1988</small> (Bell's flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus carpenteri <small>J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1981</small> (Pink flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus cyaneus <small>Kuiter & G. R. Allen, 1999</small> (Blue flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus filamentosus <small>G. R. Allen, 1974</small> (Filamentous flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus flavianalis <small>Kuiter & G. R. Allen, 1999</small> (Yellow-fin flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus <small>J. E. Randall & Harmelin-Vivien, 1977</small>
- Paracheilinus lineopunctatus <small>J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1981</small> (Spot-lined flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus mccoskeri <small>J. E. Randall & Harmelin-Vivien, 1977</small> (McCosker's flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus nursalim <small>G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008</small> (Nursalim flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus octotaenia <small>Fourmanoir, 1955</small> (Red Sea eightline flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus paineorum <small>G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016</small>
- Paracheilinus piscilineatus <small>(Cornic, 1987)</small>
- Paracheilinus rennyae <small>G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2013</small>
- Paracheilinus rubricaudalis <small>J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 2003</small> (Red-tail flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus togeanensis <small>Kuiter & G. R. Allen, 1999</small> (Togean flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus walton <small>G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2006</small> (Walton's flasherwrasse)
- Paracheilinus xanthocirritus <small>G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016</small>
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