Common name | Bumphead parrotfish |
Language | English |
Type | Market |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
Country | Maldives |
Locality | |
Ref. | Edwards, A.J. and A.D. Shepherd, 1992 |
Life stage | juveniles |
Sex | females and males |
Core | non-fish animal |
1st modifier | morphology |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Local trade name. 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). |