Biology:Chlorurus strongylocephalus
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Short description: Species of fish
Chlorurus strongylocephalus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Scaridae |
Genus: | Chlorurus |
Species: | C. strongylocephalus
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Binomial name | |
Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1855)
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Chlorurus strongylocephalus, commonly known as the steephead parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae which is native to the Indian Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs.[2] Its range extends from the Gulf of Aden and Socotra down the coast of East Africa as far south as Mozambique and across the Indian Ocean to western Indonesia.[1] It forms a species complex with Chlorurus gibbus of the Red Sea and Chlorurus microrhinos of the west-central Pacific.[2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 strongylocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T190742A17787219. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190742A17787219.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/190742/17787219. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Chlorurus strongylocephalus " in FishBase. August 2019 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2262878 entry
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