Biology:Chlorurus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Chlorurus
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Chlorurus perspicillatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Chlorurus
Swainson, 1839
Type species
Scarus gibbus
Rüppell, 1829[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861
  • Xanothon J.L.B. Smith, 1956
  • Ypsiscarus Schultz, 1958

Chlorurus is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[3][4]

Species

There are 18 species:[4]

Gallery

References

Wikidata ☰ Q840672 entry