Iniistius

Iniistius
Redblotch Razorfish (I. twistii)
I. cyanifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
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.^[1]

Species

The 21 currently recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

• Iniistius aneitensis (Günther, 1862) (yellowblotch razorfish)
• Iniistius auropunctatus J. E. Randall, Earle & D. R. Robertson, 2002
• 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)
• Iniistius umbrilatus (O. P. Jenkins, 1901) (razor wrasse)
• Iniistius verrens (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902)

References

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