Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Xyrichtys victori
Viejita pavo real, viejita pavo real, Peacock razorfish
Light blue or gray with dusky speckles and three obscure dark bars on sides; juveniles may be uniformly dark brown, mottled, or banded.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family
Labridae
Genus
Xyrichtys
Species
victori
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: USNM 316910 135 mm, male, Galapagos Islands, Marchena Island, east side off Punta Espejo, 10 april 1990, Paratype: USNM 316911, CAS 76100, BPBM 34760 (Wellington, 1992)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Marchena_Punta Espejo, east end of channel between North Seymour and Baltra (Wellington, 1992). Cocos and Ecuador in Galapagos Islands, Central Baja to Columbia. Revillagigedos, Cocos, and Malpelo Islands
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- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
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- Wellington, G.M. (1992) Xyrichtys victori, a new species of razorfish from the Galápagos Islands (Teleostei: Labridae). Copeia, 1992(4), 1053–1059. https://doi.org/10.2307/1446637
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"Galapagos Species Database, Xyrichtys victori", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7709. Accessed 31 October 2026.