Xyrichtys blanchardi, the marmalade razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the south-eastern Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Xyrichtys blanchardi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Labridae |
Genus: | Xyrichtys |
Species: | X. blanchardi
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Binomial name | |
Xyrichtys blanchardi | |
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Description
editThis species reaches a length of 21.2 cm (8.3 in).[3]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of H. Blanchard, captain of the research vessel Reine-Pokou from which the type specimen was collected.[4]
References
edit- ^ Bertoncini, A., Russell, B. & Choat, J.H. (2010). "Xyrichtys blanchardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187745A8618706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187745A8618706.en. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Gomon, M.F. and P. Forsyth, 1990. Labridae. p. 868-882. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon, SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xyrichtys blanchardi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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.