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Cymolutes torquatus (Valenciennes, 1840)

To FishBase images (<i>Cymolutes torquatus</i>, Philippines, by Adams, M.J.)
To FishBase images (Cymolutes torquatus, Philippines, by Adams, M.J.)

218966  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218966)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Labridae (Family)
  12. Cymolutes (Genus)
  13. Cymolutes torquatus (Species)
accepted
Species
Xyrichthys novaculoides Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Xyrichthys torquatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details] 
Description Common over sandy areas of reef flats and shallow sandy lagoons to a depth of at least 6 m. The species is capable of...  
Description Common over sandy areas of reef flats and shallow sandy lagoons to a depth of at least 6 m. The species is capable of diving into sand when threatened. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cymolutes torquatus (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218966 on 2025-07-29
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Xyrichthys torquatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details] 

original description (of Xyrichthys novaculoides Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> . 4 (no. 1): 91-130. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Common over sandy areas of reef flats and shallow sandy lagoons to a depth of at least 6 m. The species is capable of diving into sand when threatened. [details]

Remark In Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840. [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English finescale razorfish  [details]
Japanese タテヤマベラ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Xyrichthys torquatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Xyrichthys torquatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymolutes torquatus) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichthys torquatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase images (Cymolutes torquatus, Philippines, by Adams, M.J.) 
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 25 proteins) 
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 25 proteins) (from synonym Xyrichthys torquatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cymolutes torquatus FIN029730 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cymolutes torquatus FIN029730B Slide 120 mm) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed

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