Calotomus viridescens Dotted Parrotfish, Viridescent Parrotfish

Calotomus viridescens is commonly referred to as Dotted Parrotfish, Viridescent Parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3939 

AphiaID:

219077 

Scientific:

Calotomus viridescens 

German:

Grünscheckiger Papageifisch, Blattgrüner Papageifisch 

English:

Dotted Parrotfish, Viridescent Parrotfish 

Category:

Parrotfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Calotomus (Genus) > viridescens (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Rüppell, ), 1835 

Occurrence:

Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, East Africa, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Israel, Jordan, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Reef-associated, Rocky reefs, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 8.27" (21 cm) 

Temperature:

224,8 °F - 29,2 °F (224,8°C - 29,2°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Coral polyps = corallivorous, Frozen Food (large sort) 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Calotomus carolinus
  Papageifisch
• 
  Calotomus japonicus
  Japanischer Papageienfisch
• 
  Calotomus spinidens
  Papageifisch
• 
  Calotomus viridescens
  Grünscheckiger Papageifisch, Blattgrüner Papageifisch
• 
  Calotomus zonarchus
  Papageifisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-11-29 13:48:00 

Last edit:

2025-08-22 08:51:18 

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