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Xyrichtys wellingtoni Allen and Robertson, 1995
WELLINGTONS RAZORFISH
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Xyrichtys wellingtoni
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12
Xyrichtys wellingtoni

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Xyrichtys wellingtoni
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12
Xyrichtys wellingtoni
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Overview
Main identification features
  • initial phase : pinkish white
  • terminal phase : purplish-red, scale centers darker
Wellington's razorfish

Head profile sloping; eye on upper 1/2 head; 24 rakers on first gill arch; dorsal fin IX, 12; anal fin III, 12; pectoral 12 rays; head scaleless except for few scales below eye; 2 scales between lateral line and dorsal fin origin, 7 between lateral line and anal origin; 16 scales around tail base; lateral line in 2 sections with 21 and 5 pored scales, respectively.

Initial phase with pale pinkish white body and fins; terminal phase bluey pink, scale centers darker.

Size: 10 cm.

Habitat: fine deep sand.

Depth: 15-70 m.

Endemic to Clipperton Atoll.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 70 m.
Depth Range Min: 15 m.
Diet: zooplankton; mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=11; Southern limit=11; Western limit=-110; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=1.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Sand & gravel.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 10 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s) only; Island (s); TEP endemic; TEP oceanic island (s) endemic; Clipperton Island endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column;


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References
  • Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1995., Xyrichtys wellingtoni, a new species of Wrasse (Labridae) from Clipperton Island, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean., Revue Francaise de Aquariologie, 22:80-82.
  • Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1997., An Annotated Checklist of the fishes of Clipperton Atoll, Tropical Eastern Pacific., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 45:813-843.
  • Robertson , D.R. and Allen, G.A., 1996., Zoogeography of the shorefish fauna of Clipperton Atoll., Coral Reefs, 15:121-131.
  • Victor , B. C. and Wellington, G. M., 2001., A review of the razorfishes (Perciformes: Labridae) of the eastern Pacific Ocean., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 49(Supplement 1):101-109.
  • Victor, B. C. and Wellington, G. M., 2000., Endemism and the pelagic larval duration of reef fishes in the eastern Pacific Ocean., Marine Ecology Progress Series, 205:241-248.

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