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Calotomus Carolinas {i fit some of this group with the other article already, and a lot of the article has similar information, so no need to work on this one}

Calotomus Carolinas, also known as the Panuhunuhunu in Hawaii, is a well-known fish that resides in the Eastern Pacific, Indo-Pacific oceans . And the name Panuhunuhunu is a unique name for this type of parrot fish, because most of the parrot fish species are known as uhu in Hawaii. They are used for food sources and make a yummy lunch or dinner.

Classification

The Calotomus Carolinas belongs to the class Actinopterygii, which is the ray finned fishes, along with the perch-like fishes also known as the order Perciforms and the family scaridae or the parrot fish family.

Distribution

The Calotomus Carolinas is found in many parts of the Pacific Ocean, ranging from the northern side, like Japan and of course Hawaii, to the southern side, like east Africa, Australia, and the Galapagos5.

Description {might be able to do this group of sentences}

It has the shape similar to the other parrot fish species, with its blunt head shape along with its beak which sticks out a little at the end of its mouth. Its color will depend on its gender ranging from maroon red to brown and green during their juvenile stages, to their initial female stage with the star being a lot more noticeable around its eyes. And it turns to a blue green color along with purple markings in its terminal (which is male) stage and the eye being even more noticeable. They typically grow up to 50 centimeters (or about 19 inches) but this also depends on what the gender is.

Habitat

The Calotomus Carolinas is found in lagoons, coral reefs, and anywhere there is seaweed to eat. You can see them foraging for food in small schools, or even by itself in the shallow waters.

Cultural significance and human use {try to put this group in the existing article}

Us humans use Panuhunuhunu as a good food source, but it is also helping the coral reef environment out as well. Because this parrot fish, along with many of its relatives, feeds on the seaweed and algae growing on the coral restricting the coral to mature and grow, making it unhealthy

History

One of the first official records of the Calotomus Carolinas was when an author who was part of a scientific mission on the Clipperton atoll in the Pacific Ocean, collected a female specimen that was 30 cm long on August 8 2018. And two days later, the author found another one, but a male specimen

Sex change within the species

Like a lot of its cousins, a Calotomus Carolinas can undergo a sex change The Calotomus Carolinas has two phases. initial phase is the female and is when it has a dark green with a few reddish pink spots. and terminal phase which is the male, is when it the Calotomus Carolinas was blue and green. In a scientific study, there were 22 initial phase that were between 62 mm and 253 mm. when they grew up, they found out that there were only six terminal phasers, which were in between 240 mm and 270 mm. All were secondary males this was a prime example of the sex change between these fish. Sources:

http://ulukau.org/chd/haw-p.htm#panuhunuhu

https://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/stareye-parrotfish/2047#6

https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/sftep/en/thefishes/species/1695

https://seaunseen.com/stareye-parrotfish/

https://www.thegardenisland.com/2021/08/22/lifestyles/critter-meet-ponuhunuhu-the-stareye-parrotfish/

https://animals.mom.com/role-parrotfish-play-reef-ecosystems-11654.html

First record of Carolines parrotfish (Calotomus carolinus) and king angelfish (Holacanthus passer) around the Clipperton Atoll La Passion Island (North-Eastern …

Gonochorism, protogynous sex-change and spawning in three sparisomatinine parrotfishes from the western Indian Ocean

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