''Paracheilinus alfiani'', known as Alfian's flasher wrasse, is a species of flasher

wrasses The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine ray-finned fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes. They are typically small, ...

in the family Labridae. It was discovered off the coast of

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, Indonesia and first described in 2016.

Description

The species is generally found on sloping, low profile bottoms with branching hard and soft corals like Sarcophyton and Xenia.

References

alfiani Fish of Indonesia Fish of the Indian Ocean Fish described in 2016 {{Labridae-stub