Calotomus spinidens Raggedtooth Parrotfish, Spinytooth Parrotfish, Half-toothed Parrot-fish,

Calotomus spinidensis commonly referred to as Raggedtooth Parrotfish, Spinytooth Parrotfish, Half-toothed Parrot-fish,. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 11868
AphiaID:: 219075

Scientific:: Calotomus spinidens
German:: Papageifisch
English:: Raggedtooth Parrotfish, Spinytooth Parrotfish, Half-toothed Parrot-fish,

Category:: Parrotfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Calotomus (Genus) > spinidens (Species)
Initial determination:: (Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1824

Occurrence:: Hong Kong, Sint Eustatius and Saba, (the) Maldives, Admiralty Islands, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bali, China, Egypt, Fiji, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lembeh Strait, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Papua, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Réunion , Samoa, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sulu Sea , Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 1 - 72 Meter
Habitats:: Algae zones, Bays, Lagoons, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 24,5 °F - 28,9 °F (24,5°C - 28,9°C)
Food:: Algae, algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus, Herbivorous
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-12-30 16:22:03
Last edit:: 2023-11-23 19:55:44

Info

This parrotfish species is found in coastal bays and deep lagoons, where it inhabits seagrass meadows or dense algae beds. Calotomus spinidens feeds on these algae and also on their epiphytes.

Divers do not often see this species as it is well camouflaged and easy to overlook, camouflage effect. Body color: greenish-brown, but there are also lighter variants with a pink dot and stripe pattern.

Synonyms:
Callyodon hypselosoma Bleeker, 1855
Callyodon moluccensis Bleeker, 1861
Callyodon spinidens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Callyodon waigiensis Valenciennes, 1840
Calotomus spinidence (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Cryptotomus spinidens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Leptoscarus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1861)
Scarus spinidens Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Fishes of Australia (en). Abgerufen am 23.11.2023.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Reef Life Survey (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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