Xyrichtyinae

Xyrichtyinae
Rockmover wrasse
(Novaculichthys taeniourus)
Pearly razorfish
(Xyrichtys novacula)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Subfamily: Xyrichtyinae
Bonaparte, 1841
Genera
Not to be confused with razorfishes of the unrelated subfamily Centriscinae.

The razorfishes are saltwater fish of the subfamily Xyrichtyinae, a subgroup of the wrasse family (Labridae). They are found throughout the global tropics, and live obligately on the sand plains of reef-associated slopes.

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