Chlorurus gibbus Heavybeak Parrotfish, Gibbus Parrotfish, Red Sea Steephead Parrotfish

Chlorurus gibbus is commonly referred to as Heavybeak Parrotfish, Gibbus Parrotfish, Red Sea Steephead Parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Que pour les grands aquariums. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2982 

AphiaID:

219088 

Scientific:

Chlorurus gibbus 

German:

Rotmeerbuckelkopf-Papageifisch 

English:

Heavybeak Parrotfish, Gibbus Parrotfish, Red Sea Steephead Parrotfish 

Category:

Poissons-Perroquet 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Rüppell, ), 1829 

Occurrence:

Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mozambique, Palau, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

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:

2 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Bays, Coral reefs, Lagoons, Reef-associated, Sandy sea floors, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 27.56" (70 cm) 

Weight:

4 kg 

Temperature:

24,6 °F - 84.2 °F (24,6°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Coral polyps = corallivorous 

Difficulty:

Que pour les grands aquariums 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  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:

2010-01-15 14:44:19 

Last edit:

2024-04-16 20:01:40 

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