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 <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-access=subscription|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/publicationSearch.do?lm=&qt=PU%7E%22aqua%3A+International+Journal+of+Ichthyology%22%7E%7EMC%7E2ZNG%7E%7EDA%7E120131025%7E%7EIU%7E%224%22%7E%7EVO%7E19&method=doLinkDirectedSearch&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&userGroupName=anon%7E4f54a17e&inPS=true&prodId=AONE }}</ref> 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 Paracheilinus amanda'' Tea & Walsh 2023 (Amanda's flasher wrasse)