Chlorurus troschelii

Chlorurus troschelii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Chlorurus
Species:	C. troschelii
Binomial name
Chlorurus troschelii (Bleeker, 1853)
Synonyms [2]
Scarus troscheliiBleeker, 1853 Pseudoscarus troscheli(Bleeker, 1853) Pseudoscarus rhoduropterusBleeker, 1861 Scarus rhoduropterus(Bleeker, 1861) Xanothon rhoduropterus(Bleeker, 1861)

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. ^[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of zoologist Franz Hermann Troschel (1810-1882) ^[3]

Gallery

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  Male
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  Female

References

1. Choat, J.H.; Carpenter, K.E.; Rocha, L.A.; Clements, K.D.; Russell, B.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Rahardjo, P.; Pardede, S. (2012). "Chlorurus troschelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T190741A17787513. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190741A17787513.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chlorurus troschelii". FishBase . August 2019 version.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 February 2023.