Chlorurus bleekeri

Chlorurus bleekeri, known commonly as Bleeker's parrotfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Scaridae.

Chlorurus bleekeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Chlorurus
Species:
C. bleekeri
Binomial name
Chlorurus bleekeri
Synonyms[2]
  • Callyodon bleekeri de Beaufort, 1940
  • Scarus bleekeri (de Beaufort, 1940)

Bleeker's parrotfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific region.[3] It feeds on filamentous algae. It is a medium-sized fish and can reach a maximum size of 49 cm length.[2] Males are more colorful than females.[4]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker, who identified this species as Scarus quoyi in 1853.[5]

References
  1. Choat, J.H.; Carpenter, K.E.; Clements, K.D.; Rocha, L.A.; Myers, R.; Russell, B.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Chlorurus bleekeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190744A17787664. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190744A17787664.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Chlorurus bleekeri" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. "Bleeker's Parrotfish Chlorurus bleekeri (de Beaufort 1940)". Encyclopedia of Life. National Musum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. "Bleeker's Parrotfish (Chlorurus bleekeri)". whatsthatfish.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 February 2023.


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