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Bluelip parrotfish

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Bluelip parrotfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Scaridae
Genus:
Cryptotomus
Species:
C. roseus
Binomial name
Cryptotomus roseus
Cope, 1871[1]

Cryptotomus roseus, the bluelip parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish from the family Scaridae that lives in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.[1]

Biology

The bluelip parrotfish typically inhabits seagrass beds.[1]

Cryptostomus roseus is a protogynous hermaphrodite.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Cryptotomus roseus Cope, 1871". Fishbase. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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