Calotomus viridescens

Calotomus viridescens, commonly known as the viridescent- or dotted parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish native to the waters of the Maldives and Red Sea, from the Gulf of Aqaba to south to the Chagos Archipelago.^[1] It was described by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell in 1835.

Calotomus viridescens
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Calotomus
Species:	C. viridescens
Binomial name
Calotomus viridescens (Rüppell, 1835)
Synonyms[2]
Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835 Callyodon viridescens (Rüppell, 1835)

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  Initial phase
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  Terminal phase