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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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: Xyrichtys bimaculatus
Name

Xyrichtys bimaculatus Rüppell, 1829

Holotype: SMF 180 (2), MNHN A-3685 (1).

Type locality: Bay of Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea.
Synonyms

Hemipteronotus hypospilus Schultz, 1960
Hemipteronotus punctulatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Iniistius bimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829)
Novacula punctulata Valenciennes, 1840
Xyrichtys hypospilus (Schultz, 1960)
Xyrichtys punctulatus (Valenciennes, 1840)

References

Rüppell, W.P.E.S. 1828-30: Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt-am-Main. : 1–141 + 3 pp., col. Pls. 1-35.
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.
Xyrichtys bimaculatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

Vernacular names
English: Two-spot Razorfish

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