Xyrichtys rajagopalani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

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 rajagopalani

Name

Xyrichtys rajagopalani Venkataramanujam, Venkataramani & Ramanathan, 1987

Holotype: RMS [Fish Collection Raffles Mus.] LA154. Paratypes: BSRM (3), ?RMS (10).

Type locality: Tuticorin Bay, Tamil Nadu, India.

References

• Venkataramanujam, K., V.K. Venkataramani & N. Ramanathan 1987: A new labrid fish Xyrichtys rajagopalani sp. nov. from Tuticorin Bay, south India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 24(1-2) [1982]: 47–49.
• 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 rajagopalani in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Razorfish