| Chlorurus | |
|---|---|
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| Chlorurus strongylocephalus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Scaridae |
| Genus: | Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Scarus gibbus | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Chlorurus is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. [3] [4]
The word 'Chlorurus' comes from the Greek words 'chloros', which means green and 'oura', which means tail.
Chlorurus is most closely related to its sister genus Scarus . Most recent phylogenetic analyses find that the two genera diverged during the late Miocene (Messinian). [5] In both genera, most of their diversification occurred some time later, within the last 3.5 million years during the Pliocene. [6] In contrast, coral reefs in their modern form were established much earlier, during the Miocene. [5]
A 2012 phylogenetic analysis of 16 of the 18 Chlorurus species recovered 5 major monophyletic clades. [5]
There are 18 species: [4]
| Species | Image |
|---|---|
| Chlorurus atrilunula | |
| Chlorurus bleekeri (de Beaufort, 1940) |  |
| Chlorurus bowersi (Snyder, 1909) |  |
| Chlorurus capistratoides (Bleeker, 1847) |  |
| Chlorurus cyanescens (Valenciennes, 1840) |  |
| Chlorurus enneacanthus (Lacépède, 1802) |  |
| Chlorurus frontalis (Valenciennes, 1840) |  |
| Chlorurus genazonatus (Randall & Bruce, 1983) |  |
| Chlorurus gibbus (Rüppell, 1829) |  |
| Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789) |  |
| Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854) |  |
| Chlorurus oedema (Snyder, 1909) | |
| Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879) |  |
| Chlorurus rhakoura Randall & Anderson, 1997 | |
| Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) |  |
| Chlorurus spilurus (Valenciennes, 1840) |  |
| Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1855) |  |
| Chlorurus troschelii (Bleeker, 1853) |  |
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