Finescale razorfish
Cymolutes torquatus
- Usual depth0–24 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsMay
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Cymolutes torquatus, the finescale razorfish, razor wrasse or collared knifefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is a solitary wrasse of sandy flats which has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. It has no recorded human uses.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 12 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 61 records
- June: 13 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 25 records
- December: 18 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–24 m · Deepest record: 24 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Photos
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Finescale razorfish, Collared Knifefish, Collared Razorfish, Collared Razorwrasse, finescale razorfish, Razor Wrasse
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Labre rasoir à collier
- Japanese
- Tateyamabera, タテヤマベラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 假紅新娘仔, 環狀鈍頭魚, 鈍頭鸚鯛
Other scientific names: Xyrichthys novaculoides, Xyrichthys torquatus
Similar species
Knife RazorfishCymolutes praetextatus
Sharp-headed wrasseCymolutes lecluse
Tripletail wrasseCheilinus trilobatus
Blunt-head ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinos
bullethead parrotfishChlorurus sordidus
Clown wrasseCoris aygula
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 373 open-data records from 1956 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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