Cleaver Wrasse
Xyrichtys novacula
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Xyrichtys
Where to Find
Found in 31 diving areas across 23 countries and 6 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 76 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 5 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 2 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 9 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 3 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 32 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 8 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 4 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 6 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 5 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 1 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 32 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 5 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records