Labrid Fishes of the Genus Parachei Zinus, with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Philippines

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Three new labrid fishes of the genus Paracheilinus are described from the Philippine Islands: P.lineopunctatus, distinctive in its small size, rounded caudal fin, the first four to six dorsal soft rays prolonged in males, and a color pattern of broken linear dark markings following scale rows;P.carpenteri, a close relative of P.mccoskeri from the Indian Ocean, with a rounded caudal fin, two to four dorsal rays prolonged in males (every other ray elongate, beginning with the first), and six dark (blue in life) stripes on the body (four of which are confined to anterior part);P.angulatus with an emarginate caudal fin, no prolonged anterior dorsal rays, angular posterior soft portions of the dorsal and anal fins, and no dark markings on the body.This brings the total species of the genus to seven;the others: P.octotaenia Fourmanoir from the Red Sea, P.filamentosus Allen from Indonesia and Melanesia (the range here extended to the Philippines), P.mccoskeri Randall and Harmelin-Vivien from the Comoro Islands (the range here extended to the eastern Andaman Sea), and P.hemitaeniatus Randall and Harmelin-Vivien from Madagascar.
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