Chlorurus troschelii

Chlorurus troschelii, commonly known as Troschel's parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs.^[1]

Chlorurus troschelii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Chlorurus
Species:	C. troschelii
Binomial name
Chlorurus troschelii (Bleeker, 1853)
Synonyms[2]
Scarus troschelii Bleeker, 1853 Pseudoscarus troscheli (Bleeker, 1853) Pseudoscarus rhoduropterus Bleeker, 1861 Scarus rhoduropterus (Bleeker, 1861) Xanothon rhoduropterus (Bleeker, 1861)

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of zoologist Franz Hermann Troschel (1810-1882)^[3]

Gallery

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  Male
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  Female