Xyrichtys rajagopalani, the Rajagopalan's razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the Indian Ocean.[2][3]
| Xyrichtys rajagopalani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Xyrichtys |
| Species: | X. rajagopalani
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| Binomial name | |
| Xyrichtys rajagopalani Venkataramanujam, Venkataramani & Ramanathan, 1987
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Etymology edit
The fish is named in honor of V. Rajagopalan, of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute in India.[4]
References edit
- ^ Choat, J.H. (2010). "Xyrichtys rajagopalani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187376A8517903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187376A8517903.en. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Xyrichtys rajagopalani" in 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.
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