peacock razorfish
Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Name authority
- (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Common name
- peacock razorfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Iniistius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyXyrichtyinae Bonaparte, 1841
- genusIniistius Gill, 1862
- speciesIniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Iniistius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Iniistius jacksonensis (Ramsay, 1881) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iniistius melanopus (Bleeker, 1857) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iniistius verrens (Jordan & Evermann, 1902) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iniistius bimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iniistius evides (Jordan & Richardson, 1909) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iniistius griffithsi Randall, 2007 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iniistius baldwini (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iniistius celebicus (Bleeker, 1856) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iniistius brevipinnis Randall, 2013 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iniistius aneitensis (Günther, 1862) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iniistius geisha (Araga & Yoshino, 1986) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iniistius pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219004 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3PQB8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.