{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Paracheilinus carpenteri.jpg | image_caption = Pink flasher wrasse (''P. carpenteri'') | taxon = Paracheilinus | authority = Fourmanoir, 1955 | type_species = ''Paracheilinus octotaenia'' | type_species_authority = Fourmanoir, 1955<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=9405|title=Paracheilinus|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> }} [[File:Blue flasherwrasse (Paracheilinus cyaneus) (26593622018).jpg|thumb|229x229px|Blue flasher wrasse (''P. cyaneus)'']] [[File:Paine's flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus paineorum) (40420276722).jpg|thumb|230x230px|Paine's flasher wrasse (''P. paineorum'')]] '''''Paracheilinus''''' is a genus of flasher wrasses, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Flasher Wrasses: Recently Recognized in the Hobby | author = Tanaka, H. | journal = Reefkeeping | publisher = Reef Central, LLC | date = 2006 | url = http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-08/ht/index.php }}</ref>
==Species== There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: * ''Paracheilinus alfiani'' <small>G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016</small> <ref name=Allen2016>{{cite journal | last1 = Allen | first1 = G.R.| last2 = Erdmann | first2 = M.V. | last3 = Yusmalinda | first3 = N.L.A. | year = 2016 | title = Review of the Indo-Pacific Flasherwrasses of the genus ''Paracheilinus'' (Perciformes: Labridae), with descriptions of three new species | journal = Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation | volume = 19 | pages = 18–90 | url = http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf19b.pdf | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160427101746/http://oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf19b.pdf | archive-date = April 27, 2016 | doi = 10.5281/zenodo.46267 | doi-access = free }}</ref> * ''Paracheilinus amanda'' <small>Tea & F. Walsh 2023</small> (Amanda's flasher wrasse)<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Yi-Kai Tea |author2=Fenton Walsh|name-list-style=and |year=2023 |title=''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 |url=https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2023/09/paracheilinus.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |journal=Ichthyology & Herpetology|volume=111|issue=3|pages=397–415|doi=10.1643/i2023019 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> * ''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) <ref>{{cite journal | journal = Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology | volume = 13 | issue = 3–4 | year = 2008 | pages = 179–188 | title = ''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'' |author1=Allen, G.R. |author2=Erdmann, M.V. }}</ref> * ''Paracheilinus octotaenia'' <small>Fourmanoir, 1955</small> (Red Sea eightline flasherwrasse) * ''Paracheilinus paineorum'' <small>G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016</small> <ref name=Allen2016/> * ''Paracheilinus piscilineatus'' <small>(Cornic, 1987)</small> * ''Paracheilinus rennyae'' <small>G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2013</small> <ref name=Allen>{{cite journal|last1=Allen|first1=G.R.|last2=Erdmann|first2=M.V. |last3=Yusmalinda|first3=N.L.A.|date=October 25, 2013|title=''Paracheilinus rennyae'', a new species of flasherwrasse (Perciformes: Labridae) from southern Indonesia|journal=Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology|volume=19|issue=4|pages=193–206|via=Gale (publisher)|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=09459871&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA352376392&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=fulltext&userGroupName=anon%7Ee1ec01be&aty=open-web-entry}}</ref> * ''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> <ref name=Allen2016/>
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Category:Paracheilinus Category:Labridae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Pierre Fourmanoir
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