Xyrichtys rajagopalani

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Xyrichtys rajagopalani
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Xyrichtys
Species:
X. rajagopalani
Binomial name
Xyrichtys rajagopalani
Venkataramanujam, Venkataramani & Ramanathan, 1987

Xyrichtys rajagopalani, the Rajagopalan's razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. Found in the Indian Ocean. [1] [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of V. Rajagopalan, of the Central Marine Fisheries Institute in India. [3]

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References

  1. Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (68):1-97.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Xyrichtys rajagopalani" in FishBase . February 2015 version.
  3. 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.