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IMPRESSIVE NEW FLASHER WRASSES SPECIES FOUND IN THE INDO-PACIFIC

The species in the genus Paracheilinus are appropriately called flasher wrasses (or simply flashers), and they are very closely related to fairy wrasses of the genus Cirrhilabrus. This common name is derived from their grandeur “flashing” behavior observed during courting or mating where the male will make quick, exaggerated lateral moves while intensifying his colors and erecting his fins to attract a mate.

               Paracheilinus xanthocirritus - Currently known from the South China Sea at the Anambas Islands, Indonesia  In the picture, two nuptial male Paracheilinus xanthocirritus

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                  Paracheilinus paineorum with a wide distribution throughout central Indonesia  in the picture a male courting female (left)

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                    Paracheilinus alfiani is currently known only from the type locality on the northern coast of Lembata Island in the Lesser Sunda Group of Indonesia

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(via moreanimalia)

Source: todropscience

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