Biology:Xyrichtys rajagopalani
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| 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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Xyrichtys rajagopalani, the Rajagopalan's razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. The fish is found in the Indian Ocean.[1][2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of V. Rajagopalan, of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute in India.[3]
References
- ↑ 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Xyrichtys rajagopalani" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (i-x)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/labriformes2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q1975244 entry
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