Xyrichtys is a genus of wrasses native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, where they are found in sandy-bottomed habitats. They are commonly known as razorfishes, as they are very laterally compressed with a sharp bony ridge at the front of their heads. This adaptation allows them to burrow very quickly into the sand at any sign of danger.
xyrichtys, genus, wrasses, native, atlantic, indian, pacific, oceans, where, they, found, sandy, bottomed, habitats, they, commonly, known, razorfishes, they, very, laterally, compressed, with, sharp, bony, ridge, front, their, heads, this, adaptation, allows,. Xyrichtys is a genus of wrasses native to the Atlantic Indian and Pacific Oceans where they are found in sandy bottomed habitats They are commonly known as razorfishes as they are very laterally compressed with a sharp bony ridge at the front of their heads This adaptation allows them to burrow very quickly into the sand at any sign of danger Xyrichtys Rosy razorfish X martinicensis Pearly razorfish X novacula Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Labriformes Family Labridae Genus XyrichtysG Cuvier 1814 Type species Coryphaena novaculaLinnaeus 1758 Synonyms Hemipteronotus Lacepede 1801 suppressed in ICZN Opinion 1799 Novacula G Cuvier 1815 Amorphocephalus S Bowdich 1825 Xyrula D S Jordan 1890Species editThe 11 currently recognized species in this genus are 1 Xyrichtys blanchardi Cadenat amp Marchal 1963 marmalade razorfish Xyrichtys incandescens A J Edwards amp Lubbock 1981 Brazilian razorfish Xyrichtys javanicus Bleeker 1862 Java razorfish Xyrichtys martinicensis Valenciennes 1840 rosy razorfish Xyrichtys mundiceps T N Gill 1862 Cape razorfish Xyrichtys novacula Linnaeus 1758 pearly razorfish Xyrichtys rajagopalani Venkataramanujam Venkataramani amp Ramanathan 1987 Rajagopalan s razorfish Xyrichtys sanctaehelenae Gunther 1868 yellow razorfish Xyrichtys splendens Castelnau 1855 green razorfish Xyrichtys victori Wellington 1992 Galapagos razorfish Xyrichtys wellingtoni G R Allen amp D R Robertson 1995 Clipperton razorfish Gallery edit nbsp X splendens nbsp X splendens illustrationReferences edit Froese Rainer and Pauly Daniel eds 2013 Species of Xyrichtys in FishBase October 2013 version nbsp This Labridae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Xyrichtys amp oldid 1184056173, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
