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Chlorurus cyanescens Blue humphead parrotfish

Chlorurus cyanescens is commonly referred to as Blue humphead parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dennis & Sally Polack, Südafrika

Foto: KwaZulu-Natal, Sodwana Bay, Süd-Afrika

Foto von Neville Ayliffe
Courtesy of the author Dennis & Sally Polack, Südafrika . Please visit www.fishwisepro.com for more information.

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lexID:
12448 
AphiaID:
219084 
Scientific:
Chlorurus cyanescens 
German:
"Cyanfarbener Buckelkopf"-Papageifisch 
English:
Blue Humphead Parrotfish 
Category:
Poissons-Perroquet 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Chlorurus (Genus) > cyanescens (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Valenciennes, ), 1840 
Occurrence:
Comores, East Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Réunion , South-Africa, Tansania, Western Indian Ocean, Zanzibar 
Sea depth:
3 - 30 Meter 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore) 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-09-29 13:48:20 

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Synonyme:
Pseudoscarus chloromelas Günther, 1867
Scarus cyanascens Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus cyanescens Valenciennes, 1840
Xanothon chloromelas (Günther, 1867)

This species inhabits outer reef slopes (Randall and Bruce 1983), and rich coral areas
Solitary or in small groups, relatively rare.

External links

  1. A Phylogenetic Study of the Parrotfishes Family Scaridae (Pisces: Labroidei), with a Revision of Genera (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Fishwise Pro von Denis & Sally Polack (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. Papageifische (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  6. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: KwaZulu-Natal, Sodwana Bay, Süd-Afrika

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