Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Labridae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Perciforms Genus Calotomus | |
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Similar Calotomus, Calotomus zonarchus, Scarus fuscopurpureus, Calotomus spinidens, Calotomus carolinus | ||
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. It was described by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell in 1835.
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