Baldchin groper
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| Species: | C. rubescens
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| Choerodon rubescens (Günther, 1862)
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The baldchin groper, Choerodon rubescens, is a species of wrasse endemic to Western Australia,[2] where it occurs on coral and weed-grown rocky reefs. This species can reach a length of 90 cm (35 in).[3]
References
- ^ Fairclough, D. & Cornish, A. (Grouper & Wrasse Specialist Group) 2004. Choerodon rubescens. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 02 November 2013.
- ^ Fisheries Western Australia - Baldchin Groper Fact Sheet
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Choerodon rubescens" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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