 male, Maldives Photo Author - Andrey Ryanskiy |
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| Description: |
| Steephead parrotfish (Eng) – Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Lat) (family Scaridae) – grows up to 70 cm. It feeds on sea algae. Depth 5-35 m |
| Habitat: |
| Indian Ocean - Maldives, Thailand, Malaysia. Chlorurus gibbus (Red Sea), Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Indian Ocean), Chlorurus microrhinos (Pacific Ocean, west-central) are considered to be subspecies of one complex species |
female, Maldives
Photo author - Andrey Ryanskiy
juvenal, Thailand
Photo author - Andrey Ryanskiy
