Iniistius pavo

englantiIdentified by the dark vertical bar below the eye. Usually with 5 dark bars when adult and belly of female turns red. Juveniles with black anal fin and two large ocelli, thinly edged with white, in dorsal fin (Ref. 48636). First two dorsal spines form a separate fin. Juveniles this fin forms a long, bannerlike filament but shortens with age (Ref. 37816).

• Inistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840)
• Xyrichthys pavoninus Valenciennes, 1840
• Novacula tessellata Valenciennes, 1840
• Novacula tetrazona Bleeker, 1858
• Iniistius cacatua Waite, 1901
• Novacula nigra Steindachner, 1900
• Novacula carneoflava Peters, 1877
• Xyrichthys puniceus Richardson, 1846
• Xyrichthys pavo Valenciennes, 1840
• Hemipteronotus niger (Steindachner, 1900)
• Novacula temporalis Regan, 1905
• Hemipteronotus pavo (Valenciennes, 1840)
• Hemipteronotus pavoninus (Valenciennes, 1840)
• Iniistius mundicorpus Gill, 1862
• Xyrichtys pavo Valenciennes, 1840
• Novacula immaculata Valenciennes, 1840
• Iniistius pavoninus (Valenciennes, 1840)
• Xyrichthys panamensis Fowler, 1944
• Xyrichtys niger (Steindachner, 1900)
• Xirichthys pavo Valenciennes, 1840
• Xyrichtys tetrazona (Bleeker, 1858)
• Iniistius leucozonus Jenkins, 1901