Bluelip parrotfish

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Bluelip parrotfish
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Subfamily: Scarinae
Tribe: Sparisomatini
Genus: Cryptotomus
Cope, 1871
Species:
C. roseus
Binomial name
Cryptotomus roseus
Cope, 1871 [2]

Cryptotomus roseus, the bluelip parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Labridae. It is found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. The bluelip parrotfish typically inhabits seagrass beds. It is a protogynous hermaphrodite. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Bertoncini, A.A.; Sampaio, C.L.S.; Rocha, L.A.; Ferreira, C.E.; Francini-Filho, R.; Moura, R.; Gaspar, A.L.; Feitosa, C. (2012). "Cryptotomus roseus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T190757A17778589. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190757A17778589.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Cryptotomus roseus Cope, 1871". Fishbase . Retrieved 28 June 2018.


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