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Xyrichtys novacula (Pearly razorfish; Cleaver wrasse)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The pearly razorfish or cleaver wrasse, Xyrichtys novacula, is a species of wrasse. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and is popular as a game fish. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arxipèlag de Cabrera 50735 Spain  
Cayos Cochinos Archipelago National Park Natural Marine Monument   Honduras  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Illots de Ponent 6269 Spain  
PARAKTIA THALASSIA ZONI APO AKR. KYLLINI EOS TOUMPI - KALOGRIA 32535 Greece  

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Mullus surmuletus (Red mullet)1
Phalaropus fulicarius (Red Phalarope)1
Sarpa salpa (Strepie)1
Symphodus tinca (painted wrasse)1

Predators

Lutjanus campechanus (Red snapper)[2]
Rhizoprionodon acutus (Yellow dog shark)[4]
Scomberomorus cavalla (Spanish mackerel)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ascaris novaculae <Unverified Name>[5]
Pterobothrium senegalense[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE FEEDING HABITS OF CLEAVER WRASSE, XYRICHTHYS NOVACULA (PISCES: LABRIDAE) IN THE STRAIT OF SICILY (MEDITERRANEAN SEA)., A. M. Beltrano, L. Cannizzaro, S. Vitale, A. Milazzo, Electronic Journal of Ichthyology, October, 2006 2: 50-54
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 4Food composition and distribution of elasmobranches on the shelf and upper slope of the Eastern Central Atlantic., Patokina F.A., Litvinov F.F., ICES CM 2005/N:26
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0