Common name | Bucktooth parrotfish |
Language | English |
Type | AFS |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
Country | United States (contiguous states) |
Locality | |
Ref. | Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-PĂ©rez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea and J.D. Williams, 2004 |
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. 276. |