Novaculops pastellus

Novaculops pastellus, the Lord Howe sandy, is a fish of the family Labridae, subfamily Xyrichtyinae, commonly known as razorfishes.^[2] It's a rare fish known only from the Lord Howe Island region in the Tasman Sea, and inhabits open sandy bottoms. Like other razorfishes, it dives quickly into the sand when threatened. This species was originally described in the genus Xyrichthys and later transferred to Novaculops.^[3] It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List.^[1]

Novaculops pastellus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Novaculops
Species:	N. pastellus
Binomial name
Novaculops pastellus (Randall, Earle & Rocha 2008)
Synonyms
Xyrichtys pastellus Randall, Earle & Rocha 2008