Common name of Chlorurus sordidus
 
Umgangssprachlicher Name Bullethead parrotfish
Language English
Typ Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Land Australia
Fundort
Ref. Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990
Lebensstadium juveniles and adults
Geschlecht females and males
Core non-fish animal
Erster Bezug morphology
Zweiter Bezug
Remarks Their fused teeth joined at the front in a groove forming a pair of beak-like tooth plates and their flapping of their pectoral fins during swimming gave them their name parrotfishes (Ref. 5288).
 
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