Overview
Family : Wrasses ; Occurs on upper part of sand and mud banks, usually on reef flat areas, just before sloping down in depths from 7 m down to about 15 m. Found in spread out groups, often with X . pentadactylus in the same general area, but this species grows much larger and dominates. The biggest males swim over large areas and move away quickly when approached by divers rather than diving into the bottom [1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Austronesian:
Poot
Common Names in Austronesian (Other):
Poot
Common Names in Carolinian:
Poot
Common Names in English:
Fin-spot razor wrasse, High-spot razor wrasse, Yellowpatch razorfish
Common Names in Japanese:
Mon-hirabera
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
紅姑娘仔, 紅新娘, 红姑娘仔, 红新娘, 黑斑离鳍鱼, 黑斑虹彩鯛, 黑斑虹彩鲷, 黑斑连鳍唇鱼, 黑斑連鰭唇魚, 黑斑離鰭魚
Description
Habitat
Biome: Saltwater . Reef-associated .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Hemipteronotus melanopus (Bleeker • Novacula melanopus • Novacula melanopus Bleeker • Novacula melanopus Bleeker, 1857 • Novacula spilonotus Bleeker • Xyrichtys melanopus • Xyrichtys spilonotus (Bleeker
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Bleeker, P. Opsomming der soorten von Reptilien,
tot dus verre von het eiland Java bekend geworden. Natuurkundig
Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie, Batavia, (ser. 3) 14 (4): 235-244,
1857.
Comment: Year from Eschmeyer, pers. comm.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Xyrichtys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:
X. bimaculatus (Two-Spot Razorfish) · X. blanchardi (Marmalade Razorfish) · X. celebicus (Celebes Razorfish) · X. dea (Black-Spot Tuskfish) · X. halsteadi (Halstead's Razorfish) · X. incandescens (Razorfish) · X. jacksonensis (Purple-Spotted Wrasse) · X. martinicensis (Straight-Tail Razorfish) · X. melanopus (High-Spot Razor Wrasse) · X. mundiceps (Cape Razorfish) · X. novacula (Pearly Razorfish) · X. pastellus (The Pastel Razorfish) · X. trivittatus (Indianfish Blue Razorfish) · X. pentadactylus (Red-Spot Razor Wrasse) · X. sanctaehelenae (Yellow Razorfish) · X. splendens (Green Razor Wrasse) · X. trivittatus (Triple-Barred Razorfish) · X. twistii (Yellowbreasted Wrasse) · X. victori (Galapagos Razorfish) · X. woodi (Wood's Razorfish)
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Further Reading
- Bleeker, P. Opsomming der soorten von Reptilien, tot dus verre von het eiland Java bekend geworden. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie, Batavia, (ser. 3) 14 (4): 235-244, 1857.
- Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino (1984). The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1 (text). Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text), 370 pls.
- Myers, R.F. (1999). Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p.
- Parenti, Paola, and John E. Randall 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 68. J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology. Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa. 97.
- Randall, J.E. (1997). Randall's tank photos. Collection of 10, 000 large-format photos (slides) of dead fishes. Unpublished.
- Shao, K.-T. (1997). A checklist of fishes recorded in Taiwan and their distribution around Taiwan. Unpublished database, version of April 1997.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Accessed March 03, 2006. www.iobis.org
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Westneat, Mark (from FishBase).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 140836
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-53984
- Fishbase Species ID: 23517
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 614507
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 127296
Footnotes
- Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 2. Fusiliers - Dragonets, Caesionidar - Callionymidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 304-622 p. [back]
