Xyrichtys splendens

anglųAdults have a vertically elongate blue spot on each scale, the head has alternating vertical lines of pale blue and brownish orange, but these are broader than on X. novacula; adult males are more green in overall color and have a blue-edged inky black spot on midside of body within a pale region of pink or yellow (Ref. 13442).

• Hemipteronotus ventralis (Bean, 1891)
• Hemipteronotus splendens (Castelnau, 1855)
• Xyrichthys splendens Castelnau, 1855
• Xyrichtys ventralis Bean, 1891