Xyrichtys splendens
Appearance
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
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Binomial name | |
Xyrichtys splendens Castelnau, 1855
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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]
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.). "Xyrichtys splendens". 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.