Common name of Nicholsina denticulata
 
Common name Loosetooth parrotfish
Language English
Type FAO
Official trade name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country Global
Locality
Ref. FAO-FIES, 2023
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core non-fish animal
1st modifier morphology
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). Also Ref. 9338, 56807, 83882, 90062, 93840, 95632, 115257, 118272, 122997, 124692.
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