Xyrichtys rajagopalani, the Rajagopalan's razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the Indian Ocean.Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyol. Bull. J. L. B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (68):1-97.
Etymology The fish is named in honor of V. Rajagopalan, of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute in India.
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