Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Labriformes
Familia: Labridae
Genus: Xyrichtys
Species: X. bimaculatus - X. blanchardi - X. cyanifrons – X. dea – X. geisha – X. incandescens – X. jacksonensis – X. javanicus – X. koteamea – X. martinicensis – X. melanopus – X. mundiceps – X. niger – X. novacula – X. pastellus – X. pentadactylus – X. rajagopalani – X. sanctaehelenae – X. splendens – X. trivittatus – X. twistii – X. verrens – X. victori – X. virens - X. wellingtoni - X. woodi
Name
Xyrichtys Cuvier, 1814:87
Type species: Coryphaena novacula Linnaeus, 1758. Type by subsequent designation.
References
Cuvier, G. 1814: Observations et recherches critiques sur différens poissons de la Méditerranée et, à leur occasion, sur des Poissons des autres mers plus ou moins liés avec eux; par M. G. Cuvier. [In a report by A.D. = A. G. Desmarest.]. Bulletin de la Société philomathique, Paris, 1814: 80–92.
Westneat, M.W. 2003: Labridae (Pp. 1701-1722), Scaridae (Pp. 1723-1739). In: Carpenter 2003. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. 3.
Vernacular names
English: Razorfish
Xyrichtys is a genus of wrasses native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, where they are found in sandy-bottomed habitats. They are commonly known as razorfishes, as they are very laterally compressed with a sharp bony ridge at the front of their heads. This adaptation allows them to burrow very quickly into the sand at any sign of danger.
Species
The 11 currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
Xyrichtys blanchardi (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963) (marmalade razorfish)
Xyrichtys incandescens A. J. Edwards & Lubbock, 1981
Xyrichtys javanicus (Bleeker, 1862) Java razorfish
Xyrichtys martinicensis Valenciennes, 1840 (rosy razorfish)
Xyrichtys mundiceps T. N. Gill, 1862 (Cape razorfish)
Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758) (pearly razorfish)
Xyrichtys rajagopalani Venkataramanujam, Venkataramani & Ramanathan, 1987
Xyrichtys sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1868) (yellow razorfish)
Xyrichtys splendens Castelnau, 1855 (green razorfish)
Xyrichtys victori Wellington, 1992 (Galapagos razorfish)
Xyrichtys wellingtoni G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1995
Gallery
X. splendens
X. splendens illustration
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Xyrichtys in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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