Calotomus viridescens

Calotomus viridescens, commonly known as the viridescent- or dotted parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish native to the waters of the Maldives, and Red Sea, from the Gulf of Aqaba to south to the Chagos Archipelago.[1] It was described by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell in 1835.

Calotomus viridescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Calotomus
Species:
C. viridescens
Binomial name
Calotomus viridescens
(Rüppell, 1835)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835
  • Callyodon viridescens (Rüppell, 1835)

References

  1. Russell, B.; Choat, J.H.; Clements, K.D.; et al. (2012). "Calotomus viridescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190689A17793547. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190689A17793547.en. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Calotomus viridescens" in FishBase. December 2019 version.


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