Xyrichtys splendens
Xyrichtys splendens, the green razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses.[1] Xyrichtys splendens is found the Western Atlantic Ocean.[2]
| Xyrichtys splendens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Xyrichtys |
| Species: | X. splendens |
| Binomial name | |
| Xyrichtys splendens Castelnau, 1855 | |
This species reaches a length of 17.5 cm (6.9 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish's name means beautiful.[4]
References
- McEachran, John D.; Fechhelm, Janice D. (1998). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70634-7.
- Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Xyrichtys splendens" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (i-x)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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