Biology:Calotomus
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Calotomus is a parrotfish genus from the Indo-Pacific, with a single species ranging into the warmer parts of the east Pacific. Compared to most of their relatives, their colours are relatively dull. Several species in this genus are associated with sea grass beds, but most can also be seen at reefs.
Species
The genus includes these extant species:[1]
| Species | Common name | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Calotomus carolinus
(Valenciennes, 1840) |
Carolines parrotfish | frameless |
| Calotomus japonicus
(Valenciennes, 1840) |
Japanese parrotfish | frameless |
| Calotomus spinidens
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) |
Spinytooth parrotfish | frameless |
| Calotomus viridescens
(Rüppell, 1835) |
Viridescent parrotfish | frameless |
| Calotomus zonarchus
(Jenkins, 1903) |
Yellowbar parrotfish | frameless |
Fossil record
The fossil species, †Calotomus preisli Bellwood & Schultz, 1991 has been recovered from middle Miocene beds from Austria, suggesting the Paratethys Sea might have been tropical.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Calotomus Species of 'Calotomus' in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ Bellwood, David R.; Schultz, Ortwin (1991). "A Review of the Fossil Record of the Parrotfishes (Labroidei: Scaridae) with a Description of a New Calotomus Species from the Middle Miocene (Badenian) of Austria". Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 92: 55–71. http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_92A_0055-0071.pdf.
- ↑ Bellwood, David R.; Schultz, Ortwin; Siqueira, Alexandre C.; Cowman, Peter F. (2019). "A review of the fossil record of the Labridae". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie 121: 125–194. ISSN 0255-0091. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26595690.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2009). Species of Calotomus in FishBase. December 2009 version.
- Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
Wikidata ☰ Q857606 entry
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