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Iniistius pentadactylus és una espècie de peix de la família dels làbrids i de l'ordre dels perciformes.

Morfologia

Els mascles poden assolir els 25 cm de longitud total.^[2]

Distribució geogràfica

Es troba des del Mar Roig i l'Àfrica Oriental fins a l'oest del Pacífic.^[2]

Referències

Bibliografia

• Helfman, G., B. Collette i D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts (Estats Units), 1997.
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.
• Moyle, P. i J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4a edició, Upper Saddle River (Nova Jersey, Estats Units): Prentice-Hall. Any 2000.
• Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3a edició. Nova York, Estats Units: John Wiley and Sons. Any 1994.
• Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen i R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p.
• Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2a edició, Londres: Macdonald. Any 1985.

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• ITIS (anglès)
• AQUATAB.NET

Iniistius pentadactylus, the fivefinger wrasse or fivefinger razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses, which has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.

Description

Iniistius pentadactylus is a pale-grey wrasse with several overlapping red spots, which appear black underwater, along the lateral line to the rear of the head. There is frequently a brown blotch immediately to the posterior of the tip of the pectoral fin. The females do not show the spots along the lateral line but do show a large white area with red scale margins on the lower flanks. The species within the genus Iniistius have very compressed bodies and a steep forehead which has a hard knife-like edge, used to dive into the sand when threatened, leading to the common name razorfish.^[3] This species has 9 spines in its dorsal fin,^[2] the first two of which are divided from the others by a notch.^[3] The dorsal fin also has 12 soft rays, while the anal fin has 3 spines and 12-13 soft rays. The largest males of this species attain a total length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in).^[2]

Distribution

Iniistius pentadactylus has a distribution which extends from the eastern coast of Africa from the Red Sea found from the Red Sea south to Mozambique, eastwards to Guam. In the Pacific its range reaches as far north as the Ryukyus and the Ogasawara Islands and south to the Great Barrier Reef, and Christmas Island, Australia.^[1]

Habitat and biology

Iniistius pentadactylus occurs over sandy substrates in coastal areas as well as in areas with some sea grass or algae. It can be found at depths of more than 18 metres (59 ft). It is normally recorded in large, dispersed groups frequenting the upper slopes of sand and mud banks, the males are territorial, defending a territory which contains many females. This species buries itself I the sand so that it can sleep safely at night but will dive into the sand to hide when threatened, then it dives head-first into the sand and it may take some time to emerge again. This species feeds mainly on hard-shelled invertebraes, such as molluscs and crustaceans.^[2]

References

Xyrichtys pentadactylus es una especie de peces de la familia Labridae en el orden de los Perciformes.

Morfología

• Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 25 cm de longitud total.^[1]​

Distribución geográfica

Se encuentra desde el Mar Rojo y el África Oriental hasta el Pacífico occidental.

Referencias

Bibliografía

• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, núm. 1, vol. 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos. 2905. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
• Fenner, Robert M.: The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. Neptune City, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos : T.F.H. Publications, 2001.
• Helfman, G., B. Collette y D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos , 1997.
• Hoese, D.F. 1986: . A M.M. Smith y P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlín, Alemania.
• Maugé, L.A. 1986. A J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse y D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Bruselas; MRAC, Tervuren, Flandes; y ORSTOM, París, Francia. Vol. 2.
• Moyle, P. y J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4a. edición, Upper Saddle River, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos: Prentice-Hall. Año 2000.
• Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3a. edición. Nueva York, Estados Unidos: John Wiley and Sons. Año 1994.
• Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2a. edición, Londres: Macdonald. Año 1985.

Iniistius pentadactylus Iniistius generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Labridae familian sailkatzen da.

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• FishBase.org

Ikus, gainera

• Iniistius
• Labridae

Iniistius pentadactylus is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van de lipvissen (Labridae).^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1758 door Linnaeus.

Xyrichtys virens é uma espécie de peixe da família Labridae.

É endémica da Polinésia Francesa.^[1]

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