Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Labridae > Choerodon > Choerodon schoenleinii

Choerodon schoenleinii (Yellow-bellied tusk-fish; Tuskfish; Purple groper; Green wrasse; Blue tuskfish; Black-spot tuskfish; Blackspot tuskfish; Wrasse; Rainbow fish; Purple grouper)

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Language: Bikol; Cantonese; Cebuano; Gela; German; Ilokano; Japanese; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Other; Tagalog; Thai; Tokelauan; Vietnamese; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

The blackspot tuskfish, Choerodon schoenleinii, is a wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from Mauritius to Indonesia and Australia north to the Ryukyus. This species occurs on reefs, preferring areas with sandy substrates or areas of weed growth. It can be found at depths from 10 to 60 m (33 to 197 ft), though rarely deeper than 20 m (66 ft). It can reach 100 cm (39 in) in TL, and the greatest published weight for this species is 15.5 kg (34 lb). It is important to local commercial fisheries and is also farmed. It is popular as a game fish and can be found in the aquarium trade.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Postlepidapedon spissum[1]
Postlepidapedon uberis[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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