Common name | Bicolour parrotfish |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Australia |
Locality | |
Ref. | Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | non-fish animal |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
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). |