Xyrichtys splendens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Xyrichtys
Species:
X. splendens
Binomial name
Xyrichtys splendens
Castelnau, 1855

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Xyrichtys splendens" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. 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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