Chlorurus strongylocephalus

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Chlorurus strongylocephalus
Male (top) and female (bottom)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Chlorurus
Species:
C. strongylocephalus
Binomial name
Chlorurus strongylocephalus
(Bleeker, 1855)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scarus strongylocephalus Bleeker, 1855
  • Callyodon strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1855)

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

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  1. ^ a b Choat, J.H.; Carpenter, K.E.; Clements, K.D.; Rocha, L.A.; Russell, B.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Chlorurus strongylocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T190742A17787219. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190742A17787219.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chlorurus strongylocephalus". FishBase. August 2019 version.


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