Chlorurus spilurus Pacific bullethead parrotfish

Chlorurus spilurus is commonly referred to as Pacific bullethead parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. A aquarium size of at least 6000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12012 

AphiaID:

712772 

Scientific:

Chlorurus spilurus 

German:

"Pazifischer Kugelkopf-Papageienfisch" 

English:

Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish 

Category:

Poissons-Perroquet 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Chlorurus (Genus) > spilurus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Valenciennes, ), 1840 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Bakers Island, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Hawaii, Houtman Abrolhos (Abrolhos Islands), Howland Island, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Johnston Atoll, Kiribati, Komodo (Komodo Island), Line Islands, Lord Howe Island, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Maumere, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Phoenix Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spratly Islands, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Ryukyu Islands, the Society Islands, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia 

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 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

48,6 cm 

Weight:

2.7 kg 

Temperature:

78.8 °F - 82.4 °F (26°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Herbivorous, Kelp, Seaweed 

Tank:

1319.87 gal (~ 6000L)  

Difficulty:

Pas pour l'aquarium! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Chlorurus atrilunula
  Knotenkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus bleekeri
  Bleekers Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus bowersi
  Bower´s Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus capistratoides
  Indischer Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus cyanescens
  "Cyanfarbener Buckelkopf"-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus enneacanthus
  Kapitäns-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus frontalis
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus genazonatus
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus gibbus
  Rotmeerbuckelkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus japanensis
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus microrhinos
  Buckelkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus oedema
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus perspicillatus
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus rhakoura
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus sordidus
  Kugelkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus spilurus
  "Pazifischer Kugelkopf-Papageienfisch"
• 
  Chlorurus strongylocephalus
  Indischer-Buckelkopf Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus troschelii
  Troschel's Papageifisch
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-03-09 21:12:31 

Last edit:

2023-12-31 17:15:35 

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