''Chlorurus '' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
parrotfish
Parrotfishes are a group of about 90 fish species regarded as a Family (biology), family (Scaridae), or a subfamily (Scarinae) of the wrasses. With about 95 species, this group's largest species richness is in the Indo-Pacific. They are found ...
from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are 18 species:
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*'' Chlorurus atrilunula'' ( Randall & ]Bruce
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, 1983)
*'' Chlorurus bleekeri'' ( de Beaufort, 1940)
*''Chlorurus bowersi
''Chlorurus bowersi'', Bower's parrotfish or the orange-blotch parrotfish, is a species of ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from the Ryukyu Islands of Japan in the north to Java, P ...
'' ( Snyder, 1909)
*'' Chlorurus capistratoides'' (Bleeker, 1847)
*'' Chlorurus cyanescens'' (Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, 1840)
*'' Chlorurus enneacanthus'' (Lacépède Lacepede can refer to:
* Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756–1825), French naturalist and politician.
* Lacepede Bay, a bay in South Australia.
* Lacépède, Lot-et-Garonne, a ''commune'' in France
* Lacepede Islands, a group of four islands in t ...
, 1802)
*'' Chlorurus frontalis'' (Valenciennes, 1840)
*'' Chlorurus genazonatus'' (Randall & Bruce, 1983)
*'' Chlorurus gibbus'' (Rüppell, 1829)
*'' Chlorurus japanensis'' (Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:
A–F
* (1859-1914), French rabbi
*Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur
*Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
* (born 1972), German motor journal ...
, 1789)
*'' Chlorurus microrhinos'' (Bleeker, 1854)
*'' Chlorurus oedema'' (Snyder, 1909)
*'' Chlorurus perspicillatus'' (Steindachner
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, 1879)
*'' Chlorurus rhakoura'' Randall & Anderson, 1997
*'' Chlorurus sordidus'' ( Forsskål, 1775)
*'' Chlorurus spilurus'' (Valenciennes, 1840)
*'' Chlorurus strongylocephalus'' (Bleeker, 1855)
*''Chlorurus troschelii
''Chlorurus troschelii'', commonly known as Troschel's parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs.
Etymology
The fish is nam ...
'' (Bleeker, 1853)
Gallery
Image:Chlorurus gibbus.jpg, '' Chlorurus gibbus''
Image:Chlorurus japanensis.jpg, '' Chlorurus japanensis''
Image:Steephead parrotfish Chlorurus microrhinos (7662875728).jpg, '' Chlorurus microrhinos''
References
Scaridae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by William John Swainson
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