Bluelip parrotfish
| Bluelip parrotfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scaridae |
| Genus: | Cryptotomus |
| Species: | C. roseus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptotomus roseus | |
Cryptotomus roseus, the bluelip parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish from the family Scaridae that lives in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.[1]
Biology
The bluelip parrotfish typically inhabits seagrass beds.[1]
Cryptostomus roseus is a protogynous hermaphrodite.[1]
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