Species: Xyrichtys perlas, Panamanian razorfish
flank - yellow stripe
Xyrichtys perlas Wellington in Allen & Robertson, 1994
Panamanian razorfish
Head and body strongly compressed; head profile steep, with a fleshy longitudinal keel at front; eye on upper ½ of head; both jaws with canines at front, lower jaw without rear canine tooth; dorsal fin continuous, IX, 12, spines regularly spaced; anal III, 12; pectoral 12; tail slightly convex; lateral line in 2 sections, rear section on tail base, 20 + 5 pored scales; head scaleless except for few scales below eye.
IP: pale pink, operculum and belly white, operculum with pink bar; pale yellow stripe along side; fins pale; TP: not known.
Size: reaches about 7 cm.
Lives on clean sand bottoms.
Depth: 10-20 m.
Known only from Panama.
Note: Whether or not X perlas is a synonym of X mundiceps is unclear, since the TP of X perlas is unknown.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Near Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Water column
- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Zooplankton
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- Panamic province endemic
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Continent only
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 7
- Depth Range Min
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- 10
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
