Labridae

spinytooth parrotfish

Calotomus spinidens

Spawning eggs above grassflats on falling tides

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

spinytooth parrotfish is known around Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and records give a maximum length of 30 cm.