WoRMS taxon details
Paracheilinus mccoskeri Randall & Harmelin-Vivien, 1977
219042 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219042)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Randall, J.E.; Harmelin-Vivien, M. (1977). A review of the labrid fishes of the genus <i>Paracheilinus</i> with description of two new species from the Western Indian Ocean. <em>Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 436 (Zoologie, 306): 329-342., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.282024 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Paracheilinus mccoskeri Randall & Harmelin-Vivien, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219042 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Randall, J.E.; Harmelin-Vivien, M. (1977). A review of the labrid fishes of the genus <i>Paracheilinus</i> with description of two new species from the Western Indian Ocean. <em>Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 436 (Zoologie, 306): 329-342., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.282024 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Boury-Esnault, N.; Bellan, G.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Dias, A.; Faget, D.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Lejeusne, C.; Pérez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Verlaque, M. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | McCosker's flasher | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paracheilinus mccoskeri)
To FishBase
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paracheilinus mccoskeri FIN030215 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paracheilinus mccoskeri FIN030215B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paracheilinus mccoskeri)
To FishBase
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paracheilinus mccoskeri FIN030215 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paracheilinus mccoskeri FIN030215B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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