Redtail Parrotfish (species: Chlorurus japanensis) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Chlorurus japanensis
Redtail Parrotfish


©Kendall Clements: Chlorurus japanensis at Hicks Reef near Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Scaridae
Genus Chlorurus
Species Chlorurus japanensis

Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Bellwood, D.R. (1985). The functional morphology, systematics and behavioural ecology of parrotfishes (Family Scaridae), Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 310.
  • Choat, J.H., O.S. Klanten, L. Van Herwerden, D.R. Robertson and K.D. Clements (2012). Patterns and processes in the evolutionary history of parrotfishes (Family Labridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 107: 529-557. LIRS catalog number 1559.
  • Hoey, A.S. and D.R. Bellwood (2008). Cross-shelf variation in the role of parrotfishes on the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Reefs, 27: 37-47. LIRS catalog number 1046.