Iniistius

Iniistius
	Redblotch Razorfish (I. twistii)
	I. cyanifrons
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Iniistius; T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
	Xyrichthys pavo; Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms
	Duohemipteronotus Fowler, 1956;

Iniistius is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.^[3]

Species[edit]

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)

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Iniistius in FishBase. August 2013 version.

^ Specimens discovered in the Loay Public Market, Loay, Bohol, Philippines since September 2023. ^{[citation needed]}

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