Biology:Chlorurus bleekeri

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Chlorurus bleekeri
File:Bleeker's parrotfish (Chlorurus bleekeri).jpg
Male
Female
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Chlorurus
Species:
C. bleekeri
Binomial name
Chlorurus bleekeri
de Beaufort, 1940
Synonyms[2]
  • Callyodon bleekeri de Beaufort, 1940
  • Scarus bleekeri (de Beaufort, 1940)

Chlorurus bleekeri, commonly known as the Bleeker's parrotfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Scaridae.

Bleeker's parrotfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific region.[3] It feeds on filamentous algae. It is a medium-sized fish and can reach a maximum size of 49 cm length.[2] Males are more colorful than females.[4]

This parrotfish uses its beak-like teeth to scrape algae from coral rubble and reef surfaces. [5]

Chlorurus bleekeri feeds on different food sources than nearby damselfish species, and the two do not compete directly for food.[6]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker, who identified this species as Scarus quoyi in 1853.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Choat, J.H.; Carpenter, K.E.; Clements, K.D.; Rocha, L.A.; Myers, R.; Russell, B.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A. et al. (2012). "Chlorurus bleekeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190744A17787664.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/190744/17787664. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Chlorurus bleekeri" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. ↑ "Bleeker's Parrotfish Chlorurus bleekeri (de Beaufort 1940)". Encyclopedia of Life. National Museum of Natural History. https://eol.org/pages/46572687. Retrieved 9 February 2020. 
  4. ↑ "Bleeker's Parrotfish (Chlorurus bleekeri)". whatsthatfish.com. http://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/bleekers-parrotfish/1913. 
  5. ↑ Plass-Johnson, J. G.; Bednarz, V. N.; Hill, J. M.; Jompa, J.; Ferse, S. C. A.; Teichberg, M. (2018). "Contrasting Responses in the Niches of Two Coral Reef Herbivores Along a Gradient of Habitat Disturbance in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia". Frontiers in Marine Science 5. doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00032. Bibcode: 2018FrMaS...5...32P. 
  6. ↑ Plass-Johnson, J. G.; Bednarz, V. N.; Hill, J. M.; Jompa, J.; Ferse, S. C. A.; Teichberg, M. (2018). "Contrasting Responses in the Niches of Two Coral Reef Herbivores Along a Gradient of Habitat Disturbance in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia". Frontiers in Marine Science 5. doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00032. Bibcode: 2018FrMaS...5...32P. 
  7. ↑ "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/labriformes1/. 


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