Xyrichtys victori, the Galapagos razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Labridae, the wrasses, found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2]
| Xyrichtys victori | |
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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. victori
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| Binomial name | |
| Xyrichtys victori Wellington, 1992
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Description edit
This species reaches a length of 15.0 cm (5.9 in).[3]
Etymology edit
The fish is named in honor of Benjamin C. Victor, ichthyologist, CEO of Ocean Science Foundation. He co-discovered this species with Wellington in 1990.[4]
References edit
- ^ Bensted-Smith, W., Brandt, M., Domínguez, O., Espinoza, E., Grove, J.S., Keith, I., Rivera, F.E., Suárez, J., Tapia, I. & Tirado-Sánchez, N. (2023). "Xyrichtys victori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T183305A217630632. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T183305A217630632.en. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson, 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Xyrichtys victori" 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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