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: Iniistius
Species: I. aneitensis – I. auropunctatus – I. baldwini – I. brevipinnis – I. celebicus – I. griffithsi – I. naevus – I. pavo – I. umbrilatus
Name
Iniistius Gill, 1862:143
Type species: Xyrichthys pavo Valenciennes, 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
References
Gill, T.N. 1862: Catalogue of the fishes of Lower California in the Smithsonian Institution, collected by Mr. J. Xantus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 14(3-4): 140–151.
Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1–97.
Vernacular names
English: Razorfishes
Iniistius cyanifrons
Iniistius evides
Iniistius pavo
Iniistius is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[3]
Species
The 22 currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
Iniistius aneitensis (Günther, 1862) (yellowblotch razorfish)
Iniistius auropunctatus J. E. Randall, Earle & D. R. Robertson, 2002
Iniistius bakunawa (Sorgon, Tea, Meren & Nañola, 2023)[note 1] (Eclipse-spot razor wrasse)
Iniistius baldwini (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Baldwin's razorfish)
Iniistius bimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829) (two-spot razorfish)
Iniistius brevipinnis J. E. Randall, 2013
Iniistius celebicus (Bleeker, 1856) (Celebes razorfish)
Iniistius cyanifrons (Valenciennes, 1840)
Iniistius dea (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (blackspot razorfish)
Iniistius evides (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909)
Iniistius geisha (Araga & Yoshino, 1986)
Iniistius griffithsi J. E. Randall, 2007 (Griffiths' razorfish)
Iniistius jacksonensis (E. P. Ramsay, 1881) (purple-spotted wrasse)
Iniistius melanopus (Bleeker, 1857) (yellowpatch razorfish)
Iniistius naevus G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (blemished razorfish)
Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840) (peacock wrasse)
Iniistius pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) (fivefinger wrasse)
Iniistius spilonotus (Bleeker, 1857)
Iniistius trivittatus (J. E. Randall & Cornish, 2000)
Iniistius twistii (Bleeker, 1856) (redblotch razorfish)(Japanese flag fish)
Iniistius umbrilatus (O. P. Jenkins, 1901) (razor wrasse)
Iniistius verrens (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Iniistius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Iniistius". FishBase. August 2013 version.
Specimens discovered in the Loay Public Market, Loay, Bohol, Philippines since September 2023.
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