Paracheilinus paineorum

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Paracheilinus
Species: Paracheilinus paineorum

Name

Paracheilinus paineorum Allen et al., 2016

• Holotype: MZB 22245.
• Paratypes: BPBM 41209 (1, 0); USNM 432463 (1, 0); WAM P.30810-003, P.33354-002 (2, 0), P.33103-002 (1, 0), P.33950-001 (2, 0).

Type locality: southwestern Flores, 08° 48.573’ S, 119° 50.200’ E, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, 15–20 m depth.

Etymology: The species is named in honor of the Paine family (Dexter, Susan, Mercy, Sam, and Honor), who have generously supported the authors’ reef-fish taxonomic efforts since 2009 and have frequently joined them for field investigations.

References

• Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Yusmalinda, N.L.A. 2016. Review of the Indo-Pacific Flasherwrasses of the genus Paracheilinus (Perciformes: Labridae), with descriptions of three new species. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 19: 18–90. PDF Reference page.