Biology:Calotomus spinidens

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Calotomus spinidens
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Calotomus
Species:
C. spinidens
Binomial name
Calotomus spinidens
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scarus spinidens Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Callyodon spinidens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Cryptotomus spinidens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Callyodon waigiensis Valenciennes, 1840
  • Callyodon hypselosoma Bleeker, 1855
  • Callyodon moluccensis Bleeker, 1861
  • Leptoscarus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1861)

Calotomus spinidens, the spinytooth parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to Tonga and the Marshall Islands where it is found in seagrass and weaweedbeds located in coastal bays or deep lagoons.[2]

References

  1. Russell, B.; Choat, J.H.; Clements, K.D.; Rocha, L.A.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S. et al. (2012). "Calotomus spinidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T190685A17799481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190685A17799481.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/190685/17799481. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Calotomus spinidens" in FishBase. December 2019 version.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1043299 entry