Star-eye Parrotfish (species: Calotomus carolinus) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Calotomus carolinus
Star-eye Parrotfish


©Anne Hoggett: Calotomus carolinus at night, Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island.

©David Bellwood: Juvenile Calotomus carolinus from Lizard Island (reproduced with permission, Bellwood and Choat, 1989).

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Scaridae
Genus Calotomus
Species Calotomus carolinus

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Colours

                             

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. and J.H. Choat (1989). A description of the juvenile phase colour patterns of 24 parrotfish species (Family Scaridae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Records of the Australian Museum, 41: 1-41. LIRS catalog number 264.
  • Choat, J.H. and J.E. Randall (1985). A review of the parrotfishes (family Scaridae) of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia with description of a new species, Records of the Australian Museum, 38(4): 175-239. LIRS catalog number 211.
  • Clements, K.D., D.P. German, J. Piche, A. Tribollet and J.H. Choat (2016). Integrating ecological roles and trophic diversification on coral reefs: multiple lines of evidence identify parrotfishes as microphages, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016. LIRS catalog number 2056.
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