Amanda's flasher wrasse
| Amanda's flasher wrasse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Paracheilinus |
| Species: | P. amanda
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| Binomial name | |
| Paracheilinus amanda Tea & Walsh 2023
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Amanda's flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus amanda) is a colorful cryptic species of wrasse discovered in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia.[1] The wrasse was described through a major taxonomic review of wrasses of the genus Paracheilinus off the Australian coast.[2][3] It is found in the reefs of the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea, with sightings off the coast of Queensland state.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Labridae". FishBase. October 2023 version.
- ^ Yi-Kai Tea and Fenton Walsh (2023). "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". Ichthyology & Herpetology. 111 (3): 397–415. doi:10.1643/i2023019.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Paracheilinus amanda". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
- ^ "Paracheilinus amanda". fishesofaustralia.net.au. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Neon-coloured 'Amanda's flasher wrasse' the latest discovery from Australian Museum fish researcher". ABC News (Australia). September 21, 2023.
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