Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Scaridae > Chlorurus > Chlorurus enneacanthus

Chlorurus enneacanthus (Green parrotfish; Captain parrotfish; Parrotfish)

Synonyms: Callyodon capitaneus; Callyodon enneacanthus; Scarus capitaneus; Scarus enneacanthus; Xanothon capitaneus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Chlorurus enneacanthus, known commonly as the captain parrotfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Scaridae. It is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean region. The captain parrotfish is a medium-sized fish and can reach a maximum length of 50 cm.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0