Chlorurus is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[3][4]
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| Chlorurus perspicillatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Scaridae |
| Genus: | Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Scarus gibbus | |
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Species
editThere are 18 species:[4]
- Chlorurus atrilunula (Randall & Bruce, 1983)
- Chlorurus bleekeri (de Beaufort, 1940)
- Chlorurus bowersi (Snyder, 1909)
- Chlorurus capistratoides (Bleeker, 1847)
- Chlorurus cyanescens (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Chlorurus enneacanthus (Lacépède, 1802)
- Chlorurus frontalis (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Chlorurus genazonatus (Randall & Bruce, 1983)
- Chlorurus gibbus (Rüppell, 1829)
- Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789)
- Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854)
- Chlorurus oedema (Snyder, 1909)
- Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879)
- Chlorurus rhakoura Randall & Anderson, 1997
- Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Chlorurus spilurus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1855)
- Chlorurus troschelii (Bleeker, 1853)
Gallery
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References
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- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Chlorurus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Scaridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chlorurus Swainson, 1839". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chlorurus". FishBase. March 2018 version.
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