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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 wellingtoni
Name

Xyrichtys wellingtoni Allen & Robertson, 1995

Holotype: WAM P.30994-001. [Paratypes: USNM 337445 (5)].

Type locality: Clipperton Island, 10°18'N, 109°13'W, depth 18-20 meters.
References

Allen, G.R. & D.R. Robertson 1995: Xyrichthys wellingtoni, a new species of wrasse (Labridae) from Clipperton Island, tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpetologie, 22(3-4): 80–82.
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 wellingtoni in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

Vernacular names
English: Wellington's Razorfish

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