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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Labridae
Genus: Xyrichtys
Species: Xyrichtys virens

Name

Xyrichtys virens Valenciennes, 1840

Holotype: No type known.

Type locality: Tahiti, Society Islands.

References

* Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes 1840: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420.
* 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.
* FishBase link : species Xyrichtys virens (Mirror site)


Vernacular names
English: Razorfish

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