Common name of Scarus oviceps
 
Umgangssprachlicher Name Dark-capped parrotfish
Language English
Typ Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Land Micronesia
Fundort
Ref. Smith, A. and P. Dalzell, 1993
Lebensstadium juveniles and adults
Geschlecht females and males
Core non-fish animal
Erster Bezug color pattern(s)
Zweiter Bezug
Remarks Their fused teeth joined at the front in a groove forming a pair of beak-like tooth plates and their flapping of their pectoral fins during swimming gave them their name parrotfishes (Ref. 5288).
 
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