Chlorurus oedema Knothead parrotfish

Chlorurus oedema is commonly referred to as Knothead parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12603 

AphiaID:

277508 

Scientific:

Chlorurus oedema 

German:

Papageifisch 

English:

Knothead Parrotfish 

Category:

Papugoryby 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Chlorurus (Genus) > oedema (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Snyder, ), 1909 

Occurrence:

Australia, Borneo (Kalimantan), Ceram Sea , Eastern Indian Ocean, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands, Timor, West Papua , Western Australia 

Sea depth:

1 - 50 Meter 

Size:

up to 16.54" (42 cm) 

Temperature:

77 °F - 84.2 °F (25°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Herbivorous 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Chlorurus atrilunula
  Knotenkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus bleekeri
  Bleekers Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus bowersi
  Bower´s Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus capistratoides
  Indischer Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus cyanescens
  "Cyanfarbener Buckelkopf"-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus enneacanthus
  Kapitäns-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus frontalis
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus genazonatus
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus gibbus
  Rotmeerbuckelkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus japanensis
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus microrhinos
  Buckelkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus oedema
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus perspicillatus
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus rhakoura
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus sordidus
  Kugelkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus spilurus
  "Pazifischer Kugelkopf-Papageienfisch"
• 
  Chlorurus strongylocephalus
  Indischer-Buckelkopf Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus troschelii
  Troschel's Papageifisch
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-11-30 12:41:40 

Last edit:

2019-11-30 17:35:24 

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