Steephead parrots

Chlorurus microrhinos

Seventy Centimeters Wrasse of the Red Sea

Steephead parrots is known around Pacific Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 70 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Chlorurus
Maximum length: 70 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Pacific Ocean: Bali and the Philippines to the Line and Pitcairn islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Rottnest Island, Lord Howe Island and Rapa Island (Ref. 37816 ). The species complex comprise of Chlorurus gibbus in the Red Sea, Chlorurus strongylocephalus in the Indian Ocean and Chlorurus microrhinos in the west-central Pacific.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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