Biology:Chlorurus capistratoides

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Chlorurus capistratoides
Chlorurus capistratoides (Bleeker, 1847).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Chlorurus
Species:
C. capistratoides
Binomial name
Chlorurus capistratoides
(Bleeker, 1847)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scarus capistratoides Bleeker, 1847
  • Xanothon capistratoides (Bleeker, 1847)

Chlorurus capistratoides, commonly known as the Indian parrotfish or the pink-margined parrotfish, is a marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. This species is native to the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs.[2] This species occurs in small schools, frequently mixed in with other fish species, these schools forage over corals in clear coastal and inner reefs where there is abundant algal and coral growth. It feeds on filamentous algae.[3]

References

  1. Choat, J.H.; Carpenter, K.E.; Clements, K.D.; Rocha, L.A.; Russell, B.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A. et al. (2012). "Chlorurus capistratoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T190697A17791209. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190697A17791209.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/190697/17791209. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Chlorurus capistratoides" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
  3. "Indian Parrotfish (Chlorurus capistratoides)". whatsthatfish.com. https://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/indian-parrotfish/1912. Retrieved 9 February 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2398504 entry