filamentosus, Paracheilinus Allen [G. R.] 1974:(450) 452, Fig. 2 [Pacific Science v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 7101] Outer reef off northern end of Kranket Island, about 2 nautical miles north of Madang, New Guinea, 5°11'24"S, 145°50'54"E, depth 32 meters. Holotype: AMS I.16994-001. Paratypes: AMS I.16995-001 (4), I.17479-001 (1), I.17496-001 (11); BPBM 14658 (6); MNHN 1973-0007 (1); USNM 209923 (7). •Valid as Paracheilinus filamentosus Allen 1974 -- (Randall 1988:222 [ref. 14253], Allen 1997:182 [ref. 23977], Allen 1999:121 [ref. 23871], Myers 1999:193 [ref. 23965], Kuiter & Allen 1999:120 [ref. 24141], Randall 1999:31 [ref. 25148], Parenti & Randall 2000:34 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Westneat 2001:3452 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Randall & Allen 2003:106 [ref. 27244], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1405 [ref. 29095], Allen & Erdmann 2006:14 [ref. 29404], Allen & Erdmann 2008:188 [ref. 29498], Kuiter 2010:106 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:706 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2013:199 [ref. 32955], Fricke et al. 2014:137 [ref. 33932], Allen et al. 2016:49 [ref. 34238], Fricke et al. 2019:236 [ref. 36673], Tea & Walsh 2023:397 [ref. 40496]). Current status: Valid as Paracheilinus filamentosus Allen 1974. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Sabah (Malaysia) and Philippines, south to Great Barrier Reef, northern Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.