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. |