Common name of Chlorurus strongylocephalus
 
Common name Heavybeak parrotfish
Language English
Type Market
Official trade name No
Rank 4 - (Less common name)
Country Maldives
Locality
Ref. Anderson, C. and A. Hafiz, 1987
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core non-fish animal
1st modifier morphology
2nd modifier
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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