Xyrichtys incandescens Edwards & Lubbock, 1981
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Xyrichtys incandescens Edwards & Lubbock, 1981
- Name authority
- Edwards & Lubbock, 1981
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Xyrichtys
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyXyrichtyinae Bonaparte, 1841
- genusXyrichtys Cuvier, 1814
- speciesXyrichtys incandescens Edwards & Lubbock, 1981
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Xyrichtys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Xyrichtys victori Wellington, 1992 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xyrichtys javanicus (Bleeker, 1862) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rosy razorfishXyrichtys martinicensis Valenciennes, 1840 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xyrichtys rajagopalani Venkataramanujam, Venkataramani & Ramanathan, 1987 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xyrichtys sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1868) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| green razorfishXyrichtys splendens Castelnau, 1855 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xyrichtys blanchardi (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xyrichtys wellingtoni Allen & Robertson, 1995 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Edwards, A. J., & Lubbock, R. (1981). A new wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) of the genus Xyrichtys from the Fernando de Noronha archipelago. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 88 (1): 233–237. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.82367 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:7FZVV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.