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Xyrichtys incandescens
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Xyrichtys
Species:	X. incandescens
Binomial name
Xyrichtys incandescens A. J. Edwards & Lubbock, 1981

Xyrichtys incandescens, the Brazilian razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Etymology

The fishes name means glowing.

References

1. Ferreira, B.P., Feitosa, C.V., Sampaio, C. & Bertoncini, A. (2010). "Xyrichtys incandescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187669A8595470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187669A8595470.en. Retrieved 13 February 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. 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.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xyrichtys incandescens". FishBase. February 2015 version.
4. 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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