Calotomus spinidens
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Calotomus |
| Species: | C. spinidens
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| Binomial name | |
| Calotomus spinidens | |
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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] The species is diandric which includes primary males (born male) and larger more aggressive secondary males (sex-changed from female), with smaller primary males sometimes participating in spawning by interfering with pair spawnings of the larger secondary males.[3]
References
- ^ Russell, B.; Choat, J.H.; Clements, K.D.; Rocha, L.A.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Calotomus spinidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T190685A17799481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190685A17799481.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Calotomus spinidens". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Robertson, D. R., Reinboth, R., & Bruce, R. W. (1982). Gonochorism, protogynous sex change and spawning in three Sparisomatinine parrotfishes from the western Indian Ocean. Bulletin of Marine Science, 32(4), 868–879.
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