Common name | Ocean parrotfish |
Language | English |
Type | Market |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
Country | French Polynesia |
Locality | |
Ref. | Bagnis, R., P. Mazellier, J. Bennett and E. Christian, 1972 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | males |
Core | non-fish animal |
1st modifier | habitat/ecology |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Their fused teeth joined at the front in a groove forming a pair of beak-like tooth plates and their flapping of their pectoral fins during swimming gave them their name parrotfishes (Ref. 5288). |