green razorfish
Xyrichtys splendens Castelnau, 1855
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 splendens Castelnau, 1855
- Name authority
- Castelnau, 1855
- Common name
- green razorfish
- 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 splendens Castelnau, 1855
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 incandescens Edwards & Lubbock, 1981 | 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 |
| Xyrichtys blanchardi (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xyrichtys wellingtoni Allen & Robertson, 1995 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hemipteronotus splendens (Castelnau, 1855) (Castelnau, 1855) | synonym |
| Hemipteronotus ventralis (Bean, 1891) (Bean, 1891) | synonym |
| Xyrichthys splendens Castelnau, 1855 Castelnau, 1855 | synonym |
| Xyrichtys ventralis Bean, 1891 Bean, 1891 | synonym |
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.
- Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l’expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand)., v. 2: i–xii + 1–112, Pls. 1–50. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120 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:7FZWJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.