Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Blue-Razor Wrasse, Triple-barred Razorfish
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
三帶虹彩鯛, 三帶連鰭唇魚, 紅姑娘仔, 紅新娘
Description
Habitat
Juveniles in coastal waters along reef edges on sand or rubble , or open patches on reef. Adults mainly in deep outer reef habitats where they occur in small loose group along sand ridges[1].
Biome: Marine .
Ecology:
As far as is known, this species has never been seen in the wild,
at least not by a scientist. In general razorfishes (Xyrichtys
spp.
) live over open stretches of sand
which they dive into when
threatened (Randall and Cornish 2000).[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.1 Marine Neritic - Pelagic
- 9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
- 9.9 Marine Neritic - Seagrass (Submerged)
- 10 Marine Oceanic
- 10.1 Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m) [more info]
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
Xyrichtys sp. 1 Not Applicable
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Westneat M.
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)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2005. FishBase version (11/2005). World Wide Web electronic publication. Search FishBase.
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 2. Fusiliers - Dragonets, Caesionidar - Callionymidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 304-622 p.
- Randall, J.E. and A.S. Cornish (2000). Xyrichtys trivittatus, a new species of razorfish (Perciformes: Labridae) from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Zool. Stud. 39(1):18-22.
- Randall, J.E. and Cornish, A.S. 2000. Xyrichtys trivittatus, a new species of razorfish (Perciformes: Labridae) from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Zoological Studies 39(1): 18-21.
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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Shuk Man, C. (Grouper & Wrasse Specialist Group) 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Shuk Man, C. 2006. Xyrichtys trivittatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- Westneat, Mark (from FishBase).
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3879836
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-138444
- Fishbase Species ID: 56574
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 614548
- IUCN ID: 249376
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 127304
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]
- Shuk Man, C. 2006. Xyrichtys trivittatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
