| Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Paracheilinus |
| Species: | P. carpenteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Paracheilinus carpenteri Randall & Lubbock, 1981 |
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Paracheilinus carpenteri is a Wrasse from the Western Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade, under the name "Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse."[1] It grows to a size of 8 cm in length. The species is named in honor of Dr. Kent E. Carpenter of Old Dominion University[2] who was the principal collector of the type specimens.[3]