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Spinytooth parrotfish
Calotomus spinidens
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Spinytooth parrotfish
- Scientific
- Calotomus spinidens
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 30 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 72 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small, greenish-brown parrotfish finely flecked with pale, reaching about 30 cm. It is well camouflaged in seagrass and dense algae beds, on which it feeds.
In the Maldives
Parrotfish have been protected in the Maldives since 2020.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Calotomus-spinidens.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Молуккская_коралловая_рыба.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.