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 G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016 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) Paracheilinus octotaenia Fourmanoir, 1955 (Red Sea flasherwrasse) Paracheilinus paineorum G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2016 Paracheilinus piscilineatus (Cornic, 1987) Paracheilinus rennyae G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Yusmalinda, 2013 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 References Labridae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Pierre Fourmanoir