Calotomus spinidens

Spinytooth parrotfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Calotomus
(Gilbert 1890)
Species: C. spinidens
Binomial name
Calotomus spinidens
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Calotomus spinidens is a species of fish from the Scaridae family

Morphology

The male can grow up to 30 cm in length.

Geographical Distribution

The fish is found in Kenya, Mozambique and in the Tonga Islands

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