Description
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Reference |
IB2393 |
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Category |
Fishes |
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Family Name |
Parrotfishes - SCARIDAE |
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Common Name |
Blackvein Parrotfish,Male |
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Scientific Name |
Scarus rubroviolaceus |
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Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
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Notes |
Parrotfishes are closely related to wrasses and employ the same method of swimming and much the same sexual strategy. Parrotfishes are hermaphroditic, with a large "terminal-phase" male maintaining a territory and a harem of females. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |
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