Chlorurus microrhinos

Chlorurus microrhinos
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Chlorurus
Species:	C. microrhino
Binomial name
Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
Callyodon microrhinus (Bleeker, 1854) Callyodon ultramarinus Jordan & Seale, 1906 Pseudoscarus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854) Scarus microrhinos Bleeker, 1854

Chlorurus microrhinos, the blunt-head parrotfish, is a member of the family Labridae. This species can be found in many different habitats, including inshore reefs and ocean reef fronts.^[2] It usually grows to be about 80 cm (31.49 in) long. This species swims in schools of about 40 fish.^[2]

This species inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs from 2 to 35 m. At Guam, large individuals are seldom seen in shallow water, but in the underexploited northern Marianas, it is one of the most abundant reef-front parrotfishes. This species does not undergo as radical a color change with growth as do other scarids, but large males develop the prominent forehead of many scarids and may be slightly toxic at some Pacific localities. Some geographic variation exists between Red Sea, Western Indian Ocean, and Pacific populations, and an unusual reddish-tan phase occurs in the central Pacific.^[3]

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