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Bluemoon parrotfish
Chlorurus atrilunula
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bluemoon parrotfish
- Scientific
- Chlorurus atrilunula
- 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 15 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A parrotfish reaching about 30 cm; males are greenish with a dark crescent on the tail. It lives in silty, protected reefs over sand and rubble and grazes algae.
In the Maldives
Parrotfish have been protected in the Maldives since 2020.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chlorurus-atrilunula.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_loro_(Chlorurus_atrilunula),_Nosy_Iranja,_Madagascar,_2
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.