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Steephead Parrotfish

Chlorurus microrhinos

Classification

Family
Scaridae

Chlorurus microrhinos, commonly known as the blunt-head parrotfish or steephead parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Taxonomy Chlorurus microrhinos was first formally described as Scarus microrhinos in 1854 by the Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), with the type locality given as Jakarta.

Distribution

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France · 282United States of America · 50Mexico · 3