Scarus spinus
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Scarus |
| Species: | S. spinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scarus spinus (Kner), 1868
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| Synonyms | |
Scarus spinus, the Greensnout parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Labridae.[2][3]
Description
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Scarus spinus can reach a total length of about 30 cm (in males).[3] These fishes have 10 dorsal soft rays, 3 anal spines and 9 anal soft rays. Males show a bright yellow head underwater, while females are drab with white teeth and some pale spots. Caudal fin is moderately to deeply emarginate in terminal phase. Lips largely cover dental plates.[3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]This species can be found on Christmas Island and from the Philippines to Samoa, the Ryukyu Islands and the southern Great Barrier Reef. The Greensnout parrotfish inhabits coral-rich areas of outer lagoon and seaward reefs, at a depth range 0 - 30 m.[3]
Biology
[edit | edit source]It appears specialized in scraping crustose coralline algae with its jaw.[4] It can change gender from female to male (hermaphroditic).[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- This article has been expanded using, inter alia, material based on a translation of an article from the Spanish Wikipedia, by the same name.
- ^ a b Randall, J.E. and J.H. Choat (1980) Two new parrotfishes of the genus Scarus from the Central and South Pacific, with further examples of sexual dichromatism., Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 70:383-419
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- ^ a b c d https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/4974 Fishbase
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- ^ https://reefapp.net/en/encyclopedia/scarus-spinus Reefapp
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Fenner, Robert M.: The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. Neptune City, New Jersey,: T.F.H. Publications, 2001.
- Helfman, G., B. Collette y D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, 1997.
- Hoese, D.F. 1986. A M.M. Smith y P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlín,
- Maugé, L.A. 1986. A J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse y D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB Bruselas; MRAC, Tervuren, Flandes; y ORSTOM, París, France. Vol. 2.
- Moyle, P. y J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4a. edición, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. 2000.
- Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3rd. ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons. 1994.
- Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2nd. edición, London: Macdonald.
External links
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