Chlorurus troschelii, commonly known as Troschel's parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs.[1]
Chlorurus troschelii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Scaridae |
Genus: | Chlorurus |
Species: | C. troschelii
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Binomial name | |
Chlorurus troschelii (Bleeker, 1853)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of zoologist Franz Hermann Troschel (1810-1882)[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Choat, J.H.; Carpenter, K.E.; Rocha, L.A.; Clements, K.D.; Russell, B.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Rahardjo, P.; Pardede, S. (2012). "Chlorurus troschelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190741A17787513. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190741A17787513.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chlorurus troschelii". FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 February 2023.