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Calotomus viridescens (Viridescent parrotfish; Dotted parrotfish)

Synonyms: Callyodon viridescens; Scarus viridescens
Language: French; Mandarin Chinese; Portuguese; Spanish; Surigaonon

Wikipedia Abstract

Calotomus viridescens, commonly known as the viridescent- or dotted parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish native to the waters of the Maldives, and Red Sea, from the Gulf of Aqaba to south to the Chagos Archipelago. It was described by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell in 1835.
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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