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Chlorurus
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Chlorurus is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

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PHYLUM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderEupercaria incertae sedis
  5. FamilyLabridae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded2,534,061,025

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
47
With media
3
Family
Scaridae
Collections
KU, USNM, UMMZ, YPM, UMZC, ANSP
Recorded in
China, United States, Solomon Islands, The Philippines, Maldives, [Sudan], Wallis And Futuna, French Polynesia

Wikidata facts

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taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Chlorurus
taxon name
Chlorurus
topic's main category
Category:Chlorurus
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Evolution
  • Species
  • References

Chlorurus is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

==Etymology== The word Chlorurus comes from the Greek words 'chloros', which means green and 'oura', which means tail.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chlorurus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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