Xyrichtys trivittatus

Taxobox
name = "Xyrichtys trivittatus"
status = DD
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
subordo = Labroidei
familia = Labridae
genus = "Xyrichtys"
species = "X. trivittatus"
binomial = "Xyrichtys trivittatus"
binomial_authority = Randall & Cornish, 2000

"Xyrichtys trivittatus" is a species of razorfish. It is currently only known from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

This fish reaches a total length of around 30 cm. It is deep bodied and extremely laterally compressed as in all members of its genus. It is distinctively coloured, generally pale yellow with three broad dark vertical bars on its body. A further diagnostic trait is the presence of a deep notch between the first two spines of the dorsal fin.

References

* [http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/39.1/18-22.pdf "Xyrichtys trivittatus", a New Species of Razorfish (Perciformes: Labridae) from Hong Kong and Taiwan J.E. Randall and A.S. Cornish]